Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Memorial Plaque to Private D. J. Nicholas, 2/8th (Ardwick) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Territorial Force), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 October 1918

Memorial Plaque (David John Nicholas) nearly extremely fine £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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David John Nicholas, a native of Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales, attested for the Manchester Regiment on 15 January 1916 aged 19 years and was posted to the 2/8th (Ardwick) Battalion (Territorial Force) on 29 August 1916. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front and later transferred to the 1/10th Battalion (Territorial Force.) He was killed in action serving in France on 20 October 1918, and is buried in Belle Vue British Cemetery, Briastre, France.

Sold together with the recipient’s Soldiers’ Pay Book (cover muddied) with the following interesting hand written message inside the back cover:
‘New Zealand Forces - Finder of this book on the 25 October 1918 No. 2/1621 Dvr. C. E. Hamill, 1st N.Z. D.A.C., France.
Perhaps this book may be of some interest to you, so I though I might send it along with a few of the photos that were in another wallet. Hamill’