L/Corp Nicholls VC.
charcoal, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.1997-06-113-1
Description
L/Corp Nicholls VC, Belgium, 21 May 1940. Charcoal sketch by Harry Riley. L/Cpl Harry Nicholls kneeling, to open fire with a Bren gun, on German machine gun positions, actions for which he won the first Victoria Cross of World War Two. Relating to the River Scheldt, Belgium. Associated with German Forces. Signed 'Riley' on lower left. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1940)
Units