Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (614. Pte. J. Nicholson. 2/4th Foot.) nearly extremely fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL.

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James Nicholson was born at Warton, Carnforth, in 1855 and attested for the 2/4th Foot at Lancaster on 25 May 1876, aged 21, with previous service in the 1st Royal Lancashire Militia. He served in South Africa from December 1878 to February 1880 and was engaged in the Zulu campaign of 1879. He was discharged at Preston on 19 May 1888.