Orders, Decorations and Medals

Six: Colonel N. Tyacke, Royal Army Medical Corps
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Captn., R.A.M.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt., R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Capt., R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (Col.) very fine or better (6)

Nicholas Tyacke was born at Constantine, Cornwall, in 1866 and was appointed Surgeon Lieutenant in 1892. He served as Captain, R.A.M.C., on the Punjab Frontier in 1897-98; South Africa 1899-1902, at the Relief of Ladysmith, including the operations of 17-24 January 1900 and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5-7 February 1900 and action at Vaal Kranz; on the Tugela Heights 14-17 February 1900 and action at Pieters Hill; in the Transvaal in June 1900; in Natal March-June 1900 including action at Laing’s Nek. He was mentioned in Buller’s despatches of 30 March and 9 November 1900, and London Gazette 8 February 1901. He is shown as having been in Medical charge of the Royal Lancaster Regiment. Served in the Great War and was appointed Temporary Colonel, whilst A.D.M.S. of a Division, 13 September 1915. He was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshal French London Gazette 1 January 1916.