Hugh Wilderspin Niven, PPCLI
Hugh Wilderspin Niven, 1876-1969. He was an "original" PPCLI member, enlisted August 1914. He was wounded twice, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order with bar, Military Cross, and was Mentioned in Despatches 3 times. He was briefly CO of PPCLI at the end of the disastrous Battle of Frezenberg, and was again CO 1932-1937.
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Top Dollar paid for an original 2nd Machine Gun Company A.I.F. collar badge.
Top Dollar paid for original 1st, 2nd and 3rd (NZ/3/MGC) New Zealand Machine Gun Company badges.
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