Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Leading Stoker B. Nichols, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve

1914-15 Star (K.10410, B. Nichols, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.10410. B. Nichols. L. Sto. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.10410. PO. B. 10830 B. Nichols. L. Sto. R.F.R.) very fine (4) £70-£90

Bert Nichols was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 31 January 1893, and attested for the Royal Navy on 12 February 1911. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Archer, H.M.S. Penn and H.M.S. Vectis, including post-War service in the Baltic Sea during the Russian Civil War. Advanced Leading Stoker on 7 September 1918, he was discharged on 13 February 1920 and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1926, he died, aged 38, in 1932.

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