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commission in the Royal Fusiliers in August 1900, and served in the South African
War, 1900-1902, for which he obtain the King’s and Queen’s Medal with two bars.
He served subsequently two separate terms in India, and spent two years in Mauritius.
At the beginning of the great war he was Adjutant of Volunteers in India. Ordered
home he went to France in 1915, and thence, with his battalion to Salonika, where he
remained for upwards of two years, after which, with his battalion, he again
proceeded to France. For a time he was in command of a battalion of the East Surreys.
Later he was transferred to the command of a battalion of his own regiment, the Royal
Fusiliers. His qualities of organisation, decision and powers of leadership have won
for him recognition in the form of a D.S.O. Lieutenant-colonel Nicholson is one of
four brothers, all of whom have given their services and two, their lives, for their
country’s cause. The two latter are Lieut. Bruce Nicholson and Lieut. Victor
Nicholson, R.N.

DEATH AND FUNERAL OF MR. D.N. HERON
We regret to record the death of Ex-Alderman Daniel Norton Heron, who passed
peacefully away at his residence, 22, Market Place, Wokingham, early on Sunday
morning, at the ripe age of 82 years. He leaves five daughters to mourn his loss. He
was a native of Uxbridge, and purchased a wine and spirit business in Wokingham
about 50 years ago, carrying it on until the last. By his death the town loses a resident
whose interest in the welfare of the place of his adoption was most conspicuous; this
has been amply proved by his long devotion to public work, dating back to the days
before the town was granted a charter in 1885. In 1890 he was elected he was elected
an alderman which position he held till 1915, and advancing years compelled him to
retire from public life, but his interest remained till the end. Ex-Alderman Heron
occupied the Mayor Chair with dignity and success in 1891, 1898, 1909, 1910 and his
ripe experience has always been readily at the disposal of his successor.
In early days his fame as a vocalist always proved a draw at local concerts, at which
the late Mrs. Heron played her husband’s accompaniments. In later years he was
occasionally prevailed upon to sing at private functions such delightful old ballads
such as “Where are the friends of my youth,” and “My Pretty Jane,” the memories of
which will be long associated with his name. He was a prominent Freemason, being
W.M. of the Greyfriars Lodge, which he joined in 1888, in successive years, 1900 and
1901. He was a founder and P.M of the Downshire Lodge, a founder of the Leopold
Mark Lodge, a member of the Berkshire Masters’ Lodge, and P.P.S.G.W. for the
Provence of Berks.
The deceased was a staunch Conservative and a member of the Wellington Club,
Reading.
In him St. Paul’s parish loses a good friend and active worker. He was a manager of
the schools, and sidesman at the church, and for a long period had audited the
accounts. On Sunday morning the Rector, the Rev. H.M. Walter, spoke from the
pulpit of the loss the church had sustained and paid a tribute to his sterling qualities
and expressed sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
He was buried on Wednesday afternoon in St. Paul’s Churchyard.

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Sat 12 Oct
THE EGG DEPOT
The Wokingham and district depot continues to send 30 dozen new-laid eggs every
week. The total number of new-laid eggs sent from this depot since April, 1915, is

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