Private Papers of Reverend D B Nicol MC

A collection of ms letters (circa 600 folios) written to his wife while a Chaplain to the Forces in the First World War (May 1916 - May 1919), with the 60th Division in France, Salonika and Palestine and with the 52nd (Lowland) Division in Palestine and France, including letters from his time at 9th Infantry Base Depot, 15th IBD, and 19th IBD, BEF (May - October 1916), being attached to 2/6th London Field Ambulance, RAMC (October 1916), travelling to Salonika (December 1916) and joining the 2/14th Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment, 179th (2/4th London) Brigade (60th (2/2nd London) Division), and later 1/6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (52nd (Lowland) Division) (November 1917 - February 1919), and 1st Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), based at Barrossa Barracks, Aldershot (April - June 1919). Together with: a poster (in German) about gas alarms; a couple of letters written to Nicol; a copy of an extract from a biography (30pp) written in 1930 by his widow, Helen Nicol, covering his war years; copies of two photographs of Nicol in clerical and military uniforms; 11 picture postcards of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris (1916); two Christmas/New Year cards from 1/6th Battalion, HLI (52nd (Lowland) Division) (1917 - 1918); a signed menu from HMT CALEDONIA (April 1918).

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