Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private W. A. Nuttall, Manchester Regiment, who died of wounds, Gallipoli, 14 May 1915

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2745 Pte., Manch. Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (429 Pte, Manch. R.) very fine (2) £70-90

William Alfred Nuttall (or Nutt) attested for service in the Manchester Regiment at Ashton-under-Lyne, on 13 November 1889, aged 18 years. Transferred to the Army Reserve in 1896, he was recalled to the colours in December 1899. With the regiment he served in South Africa, March 1900-July 1902 and was discharged in March 1903. For his service in the Boer War he was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Transvaal and Wittebergen, and the King’s medal with two clasps. In the Great War he served with the 1/7th Battalion Manchester Regiment and entered the Balkan theatre of war on 6 May 1915 only to die of wounds at Gallipoli on 28 May, aged 43 years. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. He was the son of James Nuttall and Fanny Bentley and the husband of Lily Nuttall of 30 Lancashire Street, Newton Heath, Manchester. With copied service papers, roll extract and m.i.c.