Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private R. Jones, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (12875. Pte. R. Jones. Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (12875 Pte. R. Jones. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private W. Temple, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (13668 Pte. W. Temple, Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16338 Pte. W. Temple. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (6) £80-£120

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

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Richard Jones attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps and was demobilised on 14 May 1919.

William Temple, a native of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford in November 1914, at the age of 24, and served with the 8th (Pioneer) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and subsequently in the Mediterranean Theatre. He was discharged in March 1919.