This Fine Relic Has Been Sold.  Thank you!     CAPT/CDR H.D. NICHOL, ROYAL NAVY
 FULL DRESS UNIFORM & COCKED HAT, Dated 1929   

Full Dress Winter Blue                               Dated 11/29

Made by George Spencer, Portsmouth     Approx. Size  38 Medium

Label CDR H.D. Nichol, RN                        Cocked Hat by Gieve, Mathews

 

Presented is a British Royal Navy, full dress, winter blue uniform owned by Captain H. D. (Henley Dale) Nichol, RN (1894-1970), when he was a commander in 1929 while serving in HMS Vernon. The uniform is in exceptional condition without fault. Then CDR Nichol joined the Royal Navy in 1907 and had a distinguished career serving in WW I and WW II. He was mentioned in dispatches for gallantry when serving in HMS Espigele in 1918. His son, Peter Dale Nichol also achieved the rank of CAPT and in his las posting was Aide de Camp to Queen Elizabeth II.

The handstiched tailor's label inside the jacket reads:

Geo. Spence
8 Ordnance Row
The Hard. Portsmouth, 11-29

Uniforms of this quality from a noted naval officer are rare. They are wonderful display items, and in this era was similar to the Royal Navy Uniforms that date back to Lord Horatio Nelson. They serve to establish a historic connection with the past as is shown by this lithograph of British Royal Navy Uniforms dated 1834. This surviving example of a commander's uniform of this style is in its original "fine" condition.

PICTURES OF OTHER ITEMS ARE PROPS AND ARE NOT INCLUDED

Admiral               Captain              Mate               Midshipman

CONDITION: The Uniform and cocked hat are in “fine“ original condition. The epaulets are from an earlier period, Ca 1860, made of gold bullion and are of the rank of midshipman.

Cocked hat with Medicus Collection saber not included - inquire

Courtesy of Royal Navy (RN) Officers, 1939-1945

http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersM.html

Nichol, Henley Dale Married; .. children (one of which is Capt. Peter Dale Nichol, RN).

29.04.1894 South Shields district, Durham / Tyne and Wear - (09?).1970 Gosport district, Hampshire

S.Lt. ? Lt. 15.08.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1923 Cdr. 30.06.1929 (retd 29.04.1944) Capt. (retd) 29.04.1944 (reverted to retd 1945)   MID 20.09.1918 HMS Espiegle (Red Sea)

15.01.1907     joined RN 07.1921 - (08.)1923 Torpedo Officer, HMS Telemachus (torpedo-boat destroyer) 02.10.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 22.04.1925 - (05.1926) Torpedo Officer, HMS Centaur (cruiser) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer on staff of Commodore Commanding Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas 30.04.1927 - ((07.1927) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (for torpedo duties) 18.01.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Defiance (torpd school ship, Devonport) 23.07.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 01.08.1931 - (09.)1932 Torpedo Officer, HMS Revenge (battleship) & as Squadron Torpedo Officer, 1st Battle Squadron (Mediterranean) 15.12.1932 - (06.1933) Squadron Torpedo Officer on staff of Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Coventry (cruiser)]  (01.1934)     no appointment listed 03.05.1934 - (02.)1936 Executive Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 02.11.1936 - 01.02.1937 Tactical Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 02.02.1937 - (10.1938) HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for motor torpedo boats)  23.01.1939 - (02.)1941 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (12.1941) - (08.1943) HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) * 09.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) * indexed, but not listed as such

 

Back of Full Dress Royal Navy Commander's Uniform Ca 1929

 

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UNIFORM SIZE:

JACKET:                                            TROUSERS:

Neck 15 1/2“                                        Waist 35“
Shoulders 18 1/2” across                       Inseam 30“
Waist 35 1/2”                                        Hat 6 3/4“
Sleeves 23 1/2”
  
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