Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. Nicholson, West Yorkshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (1491 Pte. H. Nicholson. W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1491 Pte. H. Nicholson. W. York. R.) generally very fine

Together with Memorial Plaque (Alfred George Busby) in card box of issue; South African Memorial Plaque, bronze cross, 76 x 76mm., mounted on a wooden plaque, with associated bronze label inscribed, ‘Died on Service - World War 1939 1945 in oorlogsdiens gesterf-wereldoorlog 193531V L/Cpl W. J. Browning S.A.E.C.’ very fine (5) £100-140

Herbert Nicholson was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire. He served during the Great War with the West Yorkshire Regiment, in the French theatre of war, from 15 April 1915. He later transferred to the Royal Air Force.

Alfred George Busby was the son of Mrs Webb of North Stoke, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. He served as 8381 Private in the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He served with the Regiment in the French theatre of war, from 6 November 1914. He was killed in action on the Western Front, 15 May 1915, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

William Browning died on active service, 27 March 1946. Aged 63, he was buried in Springs Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.