Five: Private H. C. Allsworth, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Royal Air Force

1914-15 Star (14375 Pte. H. C. Allsworth. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14375 Pte. H. C. Allsworth. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry Allsworth) very fine (5) £70-£90

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

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Henry Charles Allsworth, a native of Curbridge, Witney, Oxfordshire attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from September to November 1915, and then with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from November 1915 to July 1916. He was admitted to the 5th Canadian General Hospital in Salonika, suffering from a fever, and was then sent on to St. George’s Hospital, Malta, before being repatriated to the Belmont Auxiliary Hospital, Liverpool. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 30 August 1917, being re-numbered 99177, and was posted to 36 Training Squadron. He was discharged to the R.A.F. Reserve on 4 March 1919.