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

Seven: Private J. Nicholson, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Sannah’s Post, 31 March 1900

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4034. Pte. J. Nicholson. 1/Northd: Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (4034 Pte. J. Nicholson. North’d Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4034 Pte. J. Nicholson. North’d Fus:); 1914-15 Star, unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (3-8913 Pte. J. Nicholson. North’d Fus.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4034. Pte. J. Nicholson. 5th. Fusers.) Regimentally engraved naming, edge bruise to first, generally good very fine (7) £700-£900

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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John Nicholson attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers, and served with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan, where he was present at the Battle of Omdurman, and in South Africa during the Boer War. He was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900, but later released. He subsequently served during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 January 1915.