30312 Corporal J Nicholson, Prince of Wales Light Horse. The Prince of Wales's Light Horse was raised in Cape Town on 18 Jan 1901. When the Boer commander De Wet moved west from the Colesberg district in early 1901, the Prince of Wales's Light Horse along with 1st King's Dragoon Guards, newly arrived from England and 'G' Battery RHA, under Colonel Bethune, was one of the columns sent to counter him. They were engaged near Colesberg about 12 Feb 1901. The 3rd Dragoon Guards afterwards joined the column. Colonel Bethune's brigade left Orange River on 1 Mar 1900 and two days later attacked and dispersed a body of about 1000 Boers at Open Baar. The brigade moved north-east, and reached the Modder River, near Abraham's Kraal, on the 8 Mar 1901. On this date the Boers attacked an empty convoy returning from Colonel Bethune's column to Bloemfontein. The escort held its own, and being reinforced by a detachment of the Prince of Wales's Light Horse, drove off the enemy. Colonel Bethune's Brigade now moved to the northeast of the Orange River Colony. Died of enteric fever (typhoid) at No 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad, Orange River Colony.
30312 Corporal J Nicholson, Prince of Wales Light Horse. The Prince of Wales's Light Horse was raised in Cape Town on 18 Jan 1901. When the Boer commander De Wet moved west from the Colesberg district in early 1901, the Prince of Wales's Light Horse along with 1st King's Dragoon Guards, newly arrived from England and 'G' Battery RHA, under Colonel Bethune, was one of the columns sent to counter him. They were engaged near Colesberg about 12 Feb 1901. The 3rd Dragoon Guards afterwards joined the column. Colonel Bethune's brigade left Orange River on 1 Mar 1900 and two days later attacked and dispersed a body of about 1000 Boers at Open Baar. The brigade moved north-east, and reached the Modder River, near Abraham's Kraal, on the 8 Mar 1901. On this date the Boers attacked an empty convoy returning from Colonel Bethune's column to Bloemfontein. The escort held its own, and being reinforced by a detachment of the Prince of Wales's Light Horse, drove off the enemy. Colonel Bethune's Brigade now moved to the northeast of the Orange River Colony. Died of enteric fever (typhoid) at No 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad, Orange River Colony.
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