A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL 110
A Great War O.B.E. pair to Major T. B. Nicholson, West India Regiment, late Lumsden’s Horse
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1918; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (166 Tpr: T. B. Nicholson, Lumsden’s Horse) last with edge bruising, good very fine (2)
£240-£280
Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2002. O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.
Thomas Brinsley Nicholson was a coffee planter from Yercand. He served in the Boer War as a Trooper in Lumsden’s Horse, being present in the actions at Karee Siding, Houtnek, Vet River and Zand River, together with those around Johannesburg and Pretoria. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the West India Regiment in July 1900 and was promoted Lieutenant the following year. He was appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 2nd battalion W.I.R. in Sierra Leone in 1904, attaining the rank of Captain in 1913. In the Great War he served on the staff of the Governor-General of Jamaica as Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General. Promoted Major in 1919, he received the O.B.E. for his war services.
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A post-War M.B.E. group of three awarded to H. L. Nicholson Esq., Professional and Technology Officer, Department of the Environment
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type neck badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, extremely fine (3)
£100-£140
M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1973: Hugh Litherland Nicholson, Professional and Technology Officer, Grade 1, Department of the Environment.
Sold with named Central Chancery letter regarding the recipient’s investiture, to take place at Buckingham Palace on 13 March 1973, in envelope addressed to ‘Hugh L. Nicholson, Esq., MBE, Farm Cottage, Westcott Road, Dorking, Surrey’, the reverse of the envelope signed ‘Best wishes Mary E. Peters’ [Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters, L.G., C.H., D.B.E., the Olympic Gold Medallist, who had also been appointed M.B.E. in the 1973 New Year’s Honours’ List, and who presumably was also at the same investiture].
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A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain W. I. Nicholson, Royal Artillery
Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. I. Nicholson.) minor edge nicks, good very fine (3)
£500-£700 M.C. London Gazette 16 September 1918 ‘ :
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an enemy attack. He fought his battery under very heavy shell fire until all ammunition had been expended, being forced by shell fire three times to change his command post. Finally he saved both his guns.’
William Ivan Nicholson was born in July 1896, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Nicholson, Royal Garrison Artillery, and was educated at Fettes. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Tynemouth Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force) on 29 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 January 1916, and was advanced to Captain.
Sold with copied research including photographic images of the recipient.
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