A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL 140 Pair: Private T. Nicholson, Gordon Highlanders


India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3632 Dr. T. Nicolson 1st. Bn. Gord: Highrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (3632 Pte. T. Nicholson, Gordon Highrs:) minor edge bruising, very fine (2)


£300-£400 T. Nicholson is listed on the Q.S.A. Medal Roll as ‘Deceased’. 141


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


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.


142 Pair: Private A. Nicholson, 16th Lancers


Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3854 Pte. A. Nicholson, 16th Lancers); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3854 Pte. A. Nicholson. 16th. Lancers.) good very fine and a scarce combination of clasps to the unit (2) £240-£280


Adam Nicholson attested for the 2nd Dragoons on 29 May 1894, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War- his combination of clasps on his Queen’s South Africa Medal, in pair with the King’s South Africa Medal, is extremely scarce to the Regiment. He was discharged on 11 January 1906, and subsequently emigrated to New Zealand.


143


Three: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant W. D. Nicholson, Fifeshire and Forfarshire Imperial Yeomanry


Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (9139 Sgt. W. D. Nicholson, 20th. Coy. 6th Imp. Yeo:); Coronation 1911 (44 S.Q.M.S. W. D. Nicholson. F. & F.Y.) contemporarily engraved naming; Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (44 Sjt: W. D. Nicholson. F. & F. I.Y.) light contact marks, very fine and better (3)


£500-£700


William Drummond Nicholson served with the 20th (Fifeshire and Forfarshire) Company, 6th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1905.


21 Imperial Yeomanry Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the Fifeshire and Forfarshire Yeomanry, including one to ‘37 Sergeant W. A. Nicholson’, who was also awarded his medal in February 1905 - possibly the recipient’s brother?


144 Pair: Private R. Nicholson, Coldstream Guards


Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (1440 Pte. R. Nicholson. Cold’m Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1440 Pte. R. Nicholson. Cold’m Gds:) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2)


£160-£200 Reginald Nicholson was born in Gateshead in 1879, and attested for the Coldstream Guards on 11 July 1898. 145 Pair: Private J. Nicholson, Scots Guards


Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (2521 Pte. J. Nicholson, Scots Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2521 Pte. J. Nicolson [sic] Scots Guards) edge bruise to QSA and minor edge nicks throughout, good very fine (2)£180-£220


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