Nickerson, William Henry Snyder
1875-1954
He was born in New Brunswick on 27 March 1875 and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the South African War. He won the Victoria Cross at on 20 November 1900 at Wakkerstroom.
At Wakkerstroom, on the evening of the 20th April, 1900, during the advance of the Infantry to support the Mounted Troops, Lieutenant Nickerson went, in the most gallant manner, under a heavy rifle and shell fire, to attend a wounded man, dressed his wounds, and remained with him till he had him conveyed to a place of safety.
The London Gazette. 12 February 1901. p. 1059
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