British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (22497 Pte. B. C. Blackwell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 18979 Pte. W. Cooper. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 2354 Pte. T. Cosby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 4664 Pte. W. E. Dyke. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 17139 Pte. G. Hipwell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 201010 Pte. J. Hunt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20880 Pte. C. H. Maslen. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.; 11320 Pte. W. Morris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 8929 Pte. F. Pitt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16694 Pte. T. G. Webb. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) generally nearly very fine and better (10) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Walter Cooper was born in Cold Harbour, Northamptonshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action on 17 May 1916. He is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Charles Henry Maslen was born in Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at High Wycombe. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 28 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Thomas George Webb was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 27 July 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.