A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL 138


Eight: Lieutenant-Colonel L. St. C. Nicholson, Liverpool Regiment


India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieut. L. St. C. Nicholson. 2/L’pool R.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Cpt. L. St. C. Nicholson. 4/Bn. E.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Major L. St. C. Nicholson, L’pool Rgt:); 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: L. St. C. Nicholson. L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. L. St. C. Nicholson.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Firket, Hafir, unnamed as issued, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8)


£1,000-£1,400


Louis St. Clair Nicholson was born in 1862, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Nicholson, who commanded the 15th Foot, and had seen active service during the Indian Mutiny. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment on 22 October 1881, and was posted to the 1st Battalion. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion in 1887, and served with them during the Third Anglo-Burmese War. Promoted Captain on 1 April 1889, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army, and served in the Dongola Expedition of 1896, being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 November 1896), and in the Nile Expedition of 1897.


Promoted Major on 17 February 1900, Nicholson served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from February to May 1902. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion as Second in Command on 17 February 1904, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 17 February 1908.


Having transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Nicholson was recalled to the Colours on 6 September 1914, following the outbreak of the Great War, and served as Commanding Officer of the 12th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 July 1915 until March 1916. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1916). He final appointment, from January 1917, was with the 10th Battalion, Training Reserve.


Sold with copied research including two photographic images of the recipient, in both British and Egyptian Army uniform. 139 The group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel L. St. C. Nicholson, Liverpool Regiment


India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Firket, Hafir, mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (8) £80-£100


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