Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. F. Nicholson, 15th Battalion (Princes of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles) London Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War and died in captivity on 21 September 1916

1914-15 Star (2980. Pte. A. F. Nicholson. 15-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2980 Pte. A. F. Nicholson. 15-Lond. R.) very fine (3) £80-£100

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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Alexander Frank Nicholson, a native of South Woodford, Essex, attested for the London Regiment and served with the 15th Battalion (Princes of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles) during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 March 1915. Taken Prisoner of War, he died in captivity on 21 September 1916, and is buried in Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery, France. The Cemetery is on the site of the former German Cemetery, which contained the graves of 405 German soldiers, as well as a handful of Allied servicemen who had died in captivity.