Five: Corporal F. W. Green, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3243 Pte. F. W. Green, 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3243 Pte. F. W. Green. Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (9935 Cpl. F. W. Green. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9935 Cpl. F. W. Green. R. Berks. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick William Green) contact marks to Boer War pair, these nearly very fine; the Great War awards good very fine (6) £240-£280

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

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Frederick William Green was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in 1871 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Cowley Barracks, Oxford, on 27 September 1889. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 21 November 1891, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 27 September 1896, but was recalled to the Colours on 4 December 1899, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 December 1899 to 14 September 1902. He was discharged on 11 May 1903, after 13 years and 228 days’ service.

Following the outbreak of the Great War Green enlisted in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 August 1915. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

Sold with an Oxfordshire Light Infantry and Royal Berkshire Regiment cap badges; and copied record of service.