A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL 152
Six: Commodore M. S. Nicholson, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine
Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (M. S. Nicholson.); 1914-15 Star (Commr. N. [sic] S. Nicholson, R.N. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. M. S. Nicholson. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Morris S. Nicholson); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. M. S. Nicholson. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration,
E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1909; together with a Thames Nautical Training College H.M.S. Worcester medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘General Good Conduct Morris Stanley Nicholson Midsummer 1885’, with double-dolphin suspension, good very fine (7)
£800-£1,000
Provenance: Christie’s, November 1983. R.D. London Gazette 9 November 1909
Morris Stanley Nicholson was born on 20 February 1868 and entered the service of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company as 4th Officer in January 1893. He was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on 15 October 1895, and in the Mercantile Marine was advanced Chief Officer in October 1897, serving in S.S. Orotava during the Boer War. Having been awarded his Royal Naval Reserve Decoration in 1909, he was advanced Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve on 3 August 1912, and served in the R. N.R. during the Great War, being advanced Captain. For his services during the Great War his name was ‘brought to the notice of the Admiralty for valuable services in the prosecution of the War’ (London Gazette 16 September 1919). Nicholson was advanced Commodore, R.N.R., on 1 January 1927, and retired on 31 December of that year.
Sold with copied research. 153 Four: Private J. R. Nicholson, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Royal Flying Corps
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (684 Pte. J. R. Nicholson. 1st. Bn. Northd. Fus.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (684 Pte. J. R. Nicholson. 1/North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (684 Pte. J. R. Nicholson. North’d Fus) light scratch marks to reverse of Star, otherwise good very fine (4)
£240-£280 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2001.
John R. Nicholson attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps.
154 Three: Private J. W. Nicholson, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers and Machine Gun Corps
1914 Star, with clasp (7092 Pte. J. W. Nicholson. 5/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (7092. Pte. J. W. Nicholson. 5- Lrs.); together with an Old Contemptibles Association lapel badge, bronze, the reverse numbered ‘1066B’, very fine (4) £120-£160
John William Nicholson attested for the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 August 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps.
155 Three: Corporal M. C. Nicholson, Hampshire Regiment
1914 Star, with clasp (8781 L.Cpl. M. C. Nicholson. 1/Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8781 Cpl. M. C. Nicholson. Hamps. R.) edge nicks, nearly very fine (3)
£100-£140
Montague Charles Nicholson was born in Headley, Hampshire, in 1893, and attested for the Hampshire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914 - a note with the lot states that he was wounded in the hand on 8 July 1915.
156 Four: Shoeing-Smith Staff Sergeant G. C. Nicholson, Royal Garrison Artillery
1914 Star (5623 Sm: S. Sjt. G. C. Nicholson. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (5623 S. Sjt. G. C. Nicholson. R. A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5623 Sth: S. Sjt: G. C. Nicholson. R.G.A.) good very fine (4)
£100-£140
George Charles Nicholson went to France on 21 August 1914, with 31st Heavy Battery R.G.A. He died at Home on 2 June 1916 and is buried in Woolwich Cemetery, London. Sold with 3 condolence transmission letters, one for each of the Great War medals, all addressed to Mrs E. A. M. Nicholson, of Wickham Lane, Plumstead S.E.18., and C.W.G.C. details which confirm L.S. & G.C. medal.
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