Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sapper W. Nicholson, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 14 April 1918

British War and Victory Medals (64984 Spr. W. Nicholson. R.E.); Memorial Plaque (William Nicholson) very fine and better (3) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL.

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William Nicholson was born in London in 1894 and attested there for the Royal Engineers. He served with the 19th Divisional Signal Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1915, and was killed in action on 14 April 1918. He is buried in Westoutre British Cemetery, Belgium.