Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Four: Chief Shipwright J. D. Nichols, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (344377 Shpt.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (344377 Ch. Shpt., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue 9344377 Shpt. 1Cl., H.M.S. Forward) some contact marks, about very fine (4) £80-100

John Dutton Nichols was born in Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppy, Kent on 15 March 1880. A shipwright by trade, he entered the Royal Navy as a Shipwright in August 1901. He attained the rank of Chief Shipwright on 1 September 1916. During the Great War he served aboard several ships including the scout cruiser Forward. Sold with copied service details.