NAM.1974-03-109-1

Printed certificate awarding the Military Order of Isabel II to Sgt John Nicholl, 8th Regiment British Auxiliary Legion, ‘for meritorious conduct generally and for his gallantry on the 5th May and 6th June 1836’. Dated St Sebastian 17 Sep 1836. Document was formerly backed by another piece of paper, with the line ‘man is born to sorrow as the sparks fly upward’ written on it seven times, presumably for writing practice. From a collection of documents relating to Sgt Maj John Nicholl,nd. Before enlisting in the 91st Regiment of Foot in 1811 he served in the Stirlingshire Militia. Leaving the 91st in April 1835, he soon after petitioned for an increase in his pension. 1836 (c) he joined the 8th Bn British Auxiliary Legion and fought in the Carlist Wars, winning the Military Order of Isabel II in September 1886, but was invalided out in January 1837.

Carlist Wars (1833-1840)