A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL

British War Medal 1914-20 (11) (H-38336 Pte. T. Nicholson. 13-Hrs.; 32994 Pte. A. C. Nicholson. York. R.; 24070 Pte. G. Nicholson. R.S. Fus.; 45203 Pte. T. W. Nicholson. K.O. Sco. Bord.; 201865 Pte. J. Nicholson. K.O.Y.L.I.; 19-497 Pte. R. H. Nicholson. Durh. L.I.; 31972 Pte. J. L. Nicholson. H.L.I.; 82625 Pte. D. W. Nicolson. M.G.C.; 208512. 1.A.M. E. F. Nicholson. R.A.F.; 15230 Cpl. J. M. Nicolson. N.Z.E.F.; Pte. W. R. Nicholson. 4th. S.A.I.) generally nearly very fine and better (11) £140-£180

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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H-38336 Private Tom Nicholson attested for the 13th Hussars, and served with the Corps of Dragoons in India during the Third Afghan War (also entitled to an India General Service Medal with clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 named to him as a Private in the 1st Dragoon Guards).

24070 Private G. Nicholson was born at Anna, Dumfriesshire, and attested there for the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 30 July 1916. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

201865 Private James Nicholson attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on 1 March 1915, and was discharged on 22 March 1918.

31972 Private James Lowther Nicholson, a native of Pitlochry, Perthshire, attested for the Highland Light Infantry and served with the 17th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 8 July 1917, and is buried in Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.

82625 Private David William Nicolson was born in Literary, Scotland, on 8 April 1897, and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders at Thurso. Transferring to the Machine Gun Corps, he served with the 19th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 9 April 1918. He is buried in Denain Communal Cemetery, France.