Person    | Female  Born 17/10/1980  Died 7/7/2005

Jennifer Vanda Ann Nicholson

Categories: Tragedy

Jennifer Vanda Ann Nicholson was born on 17 October 1980 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, the eldest of the three children of Gregory J. Nicholson and Julie K. Nicholson née North (b.1953). Her siblings were Elizabeth Helen R. Nicholson (b.1983) and Thomas Alfred C. Nicholson (b.1987). She was baptised in December 1980 in Christ Church Parish Church, Downend Road, Bristol, BS16 5UF. Her father worked for BAE Systems and her mother was the Vicar at St Aidan with St George Church, Fir Tree Lane, Bristol, BS5 8TZ.

She was an advertising sales executive with Rhinegold Publishing. She was living with her boyfriend, James P. White and whilst the Berkshire Live website gives the address as Brownlow Road, West Reading, Berkshire, electoral registers in 2005 shows them both listed at 77 Foxhill Road, Reading, RG1 5QR. Her obituary can be found on the BBC News website.

She died, aged 24 years, on 7 July 2005 In the underground tunnel of the Circle Line on the London Underground Railway between Edgware Road and Paddington underground stations that was targeted by a suicide bomber. The narrative verdict of her death can be found on the Coroner's Inquest Report.  

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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