A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2767 Corpl: F. Nicholson. S. Lanc: Regt.) very fine £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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Frederick Bentley Nicholson was born in Salford in 1869. He attested for the South Lancashire Regiment on 14 June 1889, aged 19 years 2 months, a soda water maker by trade. He was discharged on 3 June 1902 and is additionally entitled to the King's South Africa medal with 2 clasps. He was afterwards a music librarian for Manchester Corporation.