Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Trooper J. W. Nicholson, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (32403 Tpr: J. W. Nicholson. 109th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (32403 Pte. J. W. Nicholson.) contemporary straight bar swivel suspension to second, very fine (2) £300-£400

John W. Nicholson was born in Hull around 1874. A groom, he attested at Doncaster for the 109th (Yorkshire) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, on 28 February 1901, serving in South Africa from 23 March 1901 to 17 November 1901, prior to being discharged as inefficient on 20 November 1901.