Lot Archive

Lot

№ 774

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£160

Pair: Private W. Coles, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914 Star
(9841 Pte., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (9841 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), good very fine (2) £70-90

William Coles was killed in action on 13 November 1916, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.