A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL 128 A K.P.F.S.M. group of three awarded to Divisional Officer W. Nicholson, Liverpool Fire Force
King’s Police and Fire Services Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (William Nicholson, Div. Officer. No. 26 (Liverpool) Fire Force) officially re-engraved naming; Defence Medal; Coronation 1953; together with a N.F.S. cap badge, minor edge bruise to first, good very fine (3)
£300-£400 K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 8 June 1944.
William Nicholson joined the Wallasey Fire Brigade in 1914 from Leyland Motors Ltd., bringing with him the first ‘Red Engine’ the town ever had, and was appointed Chief Engineer and Assistant Superintendent of the Fire Brigade. He remained in post throughout the inter-War years, and when the Fire Service was nationalised in August 1941 he was appointed Column Officer in charge of the Wallasey Sub-Division, and in December of the same year was promoted Divisional Officer in charge of Birkenhead, Wallasey, and most of the Wirral. He was awarded the King’s Police and Fire Service Medal in the 1944 Birthday Honours’ List, and retired shortly afterwards, on completion of thirty years’ service.
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Three: Cooper D. Nicholson, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (David Nicholson.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (David Nicholson. Cooper. “Bittern”); China 1857-60, no clasp (David Nicholson, Cooper. Winchester.) contemporarily engraved naming, edge bruise to first, contact marks, polished, very fine (3)
£700-£900 Provenance: Sotheby’s, June 1972.
David Nicholson was born in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, in March 1814, and entered the Royal Navy as a Cooper in H.M.S. Asia on 18 April 1836, serving in her during operations on and off the coast of Syria in 1840. He had a break in service between 10 April 1841 and 15 September 1852, before joining H.M.S. Bittern, and served in her during the Pegu operations. After a further break in service from 23 September 1857 to 1 November 1858, he joined H.M.S. Winchester, and served in her during the Second Opium War. He saw further service as a Cooper in H.M. Ships Victory, Algiers, Black Prince, and Canopus, before being discharged on 11 May 1867, after 18 years and 198 days’ service.
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Four: Private A. Nicholson, 12th Lancers
South Africa 1834-53 (A. Nicholson. 12th. Lancers.); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. A. Nicholson. 12th. Lancs.) engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (A. Nicholson, 12th. Lancers); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, plugged and fitted with a contemporary Crimea-style suspension, edge nicks and light contact marks throughout, very fine (4)
£800-£1,000
Andrew Nicholson was born in Maidstone, Kent, and attested for the 12th Lancers on 15 July 1846. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Third Kaffir War; in the Crimea; and in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny. He died at sea whilst on his way home from India in the troopship Trafalgar on 26 April 1860.
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