Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. S. J. Nicholson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 23 December 1914

1914-15 Star (11320 Pte. W. S. J. Nicholson. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (11320 Pte. W. J. Nicholson. K.R. Rif. C.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

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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Walter Stephen John Nicholson was born in Westminster, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in London. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1914 (and therefore missed out on a 1914 Star by just one day), and died of wounds on 23 December 1914. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.