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

Three: Private A. C. Nicholson, Somerset Light Infantry, who was severely wounded during the Sudanese Campaign at Metemmeh on 19 January 1885

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (36/1260. Pte. A. Nicholson. 1/13” Foot.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1260. Pte. A. C. Nicholson. 1/Som: L.I.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, minor edge bruising and light contact marks, good very fine, scarce to unit (3) £1,200-£1,600

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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Provenance: Spink, December 1986.

Alexander C. Nicholson was born in Marylebone, Middlesex, in 1859 and attested for the 13th (Somerset) Regiment of Foot at Westminster on 26 March 1877. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa in Transvaal and Zululand, and was present during the Sekhukhune Campaign of 1878 and the Zulu War of 1879. He saw further service with the Mounted Infantry (Camel Corps) detachment in Egypt and the Sudan, was present at the Battle of Aby Klea on 17 January 1885, and was severely wounded in the thigh at Metemmeh on 19 January 1885. He transferred to the Reserve on 28 July 1887, and was discharged on 25 March 1889, after 12 years’ service.

Only 21 ‘Abu Klea’ clasps awarded to the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (2 Officers and 19 other ranks).

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