Three: Captain J. N. Treble, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during an enemy bombardment at Hebuterne on 18 October 1915

1914-15 Star (Capt. J. D. [sic] Treble, Oxf. & Bucks L.I.) minor official correction to unit; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. N. Treble.) good very fine (3) £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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James Noel Treble was born at Easington, Durham in 1883 and was educated at Durham University. He served in 4th Territorial Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action by heavy shelling at Hebuterne, on 18 October 1915, aged 32. He is buried in Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France.

Sold together with a mounted group photograph of the Officers of the 4th (T.F.) Battalion, O.B.L.I., taken at Shorncliff in 1913, in which the recipient is named; and a card mounted studio portrait photograph of the recipient.