A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL 200
Five: Midshipman J. G. Nicholson, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Isis was mined and sank off the Normandy coast, 20 July 1944
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure ‘Midshipman John Garvin [sic] Nicholson R.N.’, extremely fine
£70-£90
John Girvin Nicholson was born at Dartmouth on 15 September 1925, and served during the Second World War as a Midshipman in H.M.S. Isis. He was killed in action, aged 18, when Isis was mined and sank off the Normandy coast on 20 July 1944 with the loss of 11 Officers and 144 ratings, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
Sold with copied research including a small photograph of the recipient. 201 Four: Petty Officer D. J. Nicholson, Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, with fixed suspension (MX.767071 D. J. Nicholson. R.P.O. H.M.S. Ganges.) light contact marks, good very fine (4)
£60-£80
D. J. Nicholson was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (judging by the fixed suspension on the 2nd type issue) between 1954 and 1956.
202 Six: Lieutenant and Honorary Captain E. S. Nicholson, South Staffordshire Regiment
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt E S Nicholson S Stafford R) good very fine (6)
£100-£140
E. S. Nicholson qualified for his Efficiency Medal on 19 January 1945, and the award appeared in the London Gazette on 25 March 1986.
Sold with Defence Council enclosure for the Second War awards (implying a late claim) and Ministry of Defence enclosure for the Efficiency Medal, addressed to ‘Captain E. S. Nicholson, 3 Cleveland Avenue, Limeslade, Swansea’, and dated 17 June 1986.
203 Six: Craftsman R. D. Nicholson, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1441126 Cfn. R. D. Nicholson. R.E.M.E.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6)
£60-£80 204
Five: Corporal J. N. H. Nicholson, Royal Military Police 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. J. N. H. Nicholson, 180 Lytham Road, Southport, Lancs.’; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7684804 Cpl. J. N. H. Nicholson. R.M.P.), with named Record Office enclosure, dated 8 September 1949, minor contact marks, nearly extremely fine
Five: Police Constable R. Nicholson 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. Raymond Nicholson) mounted as worn, good very fine (10)
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Three: Major N. E. Nicholson, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Home Guard 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure for the first and third, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Major N. E. Nicholson, Moor House, Byton-on-Tyne, Co. Durham’; and with Home Secretary’s enclosure for the Defence Medal; together with two Sedburgh Preparatory School Prize Medals, bronze; and a Tyne Garrison Medallion 1914-1918, silver, attributed to the recipient’s Father, Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Nicholson, Tynemouth Royal Garrison Artillery, nearly extremely fine
Pair: Attributed to Sergeant Miss Kathleen E. Nicholson, Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals, with Air Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Miss K. E. Nicholson, 2, Holly Ave., Newton-leWilows, Lancs.’, the address marked through, but still (just) legible; together with a R.A.F. cap badge and portrait photograph of the recipient, extremely fine (lot)
£60-£80
Norris Edmond Nicholson was born on 8 April 1909, the fourth son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Hodgson Nicholson, Tynemouth Royal Garrison Artillery, and was educated at Sedburgh Preparatory School and Charterhouse. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers on 5 November 1927, and served during the Second World War as a Major in the Northumberland Fusiliers, and post-War in the Home Guard. He died at Marley Hill, Co. Durham, on 7 November 1954.
Sold with a Home Guard Certificate of Appreciation 1952-56, named to ‘Major Norris Edmond Nicholson’, in a glazed display frame; and a portrait caricature of the recipient, captioned ‘Major “Norrie” Nicholson’, and dated 1946, in a glazed display frame.
206 Four: Corporal W. E. Nicholson, Royal Air Force
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (547148 Cpl. W. E. Nicholson R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (547148 Cpl. W. E. Nicholson. R.A.F.) very fine (4)
£100-£140 207 Three: Police Constable R. J. Nicholson
Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Police Long Service Medal,
G.VI.R. (Const. Robert J. Nicholson) minor edge bruise to last, nearly extremely fine (3)
£60-£80 208 Pair: Able Seaman G. Nicholson, Royal Navy Korea 1950-53 (D/SSX. 833341 G. Nicholson A.B. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, very fine (2)
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