Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Peiwar Kotal (1205 Pte. W. Nicholson. 65th. Foot.) nearly extremely fine and rare to unit £300-£400

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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William Nicholson was born in Liverpool in 1847, and attested for the 65th Regiment of Foot on 28 December 1868. He was discharged on 11 March 1876, but subsequently re-enlisted, and served as one of just 6 officers and 22 other ranks of the Regiment in Afghanistan, where they were employed on lines of communication signals. Present at the action at Peiwar Kotal on 2 December 1878, he died on 3 July 1879.