Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Eng. Capt. G. C. Nicolson. R.N.; Malcolm Nicolson) nearly extremely fine (2) £50-£70

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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Gilbert C. Nicolson entered the Royal Navy as a Probationary Assistant Engineer on 1 July 1890, and was posted to H.M.S. Hood on 1 June 1893. Promoted Engineer on 6 November 1894, he served in the Batleship H.M.S. Alexandria from that date, before transferring to the Surveying Vessel H.M.S. Rambler on 3 August 1897; the Torpedo Boat Destroyer H.M.S. Sturgeon in April 1900; and the Torpedo Boat Destroyer H.M.S. Greyhound on 6 February 1901. He was promoted Engineer Lieutenant on 2 September 1902, and Engineer Commander on 10 September 1907, and served during the Great War on the books of H.M.S. Pembroke for stores, general duties in Depot, and to supervise the machinery of ships under the orders of the Commander in Chief. He was promoted Engineer Captain on the General Staff on 29 January 1918, and his final entry in the Navy Lists is as Engineer Captain in the Battleship H.M.S. St. Vincent on 10 February 1919.

Malcolm Nicolson served during the Great War in the Mercantile Marine.