Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private F. Leach, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (1409 Pte. F. Leach. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1409 Pte. F. Leach. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine

Three: Private G. J. Millwood, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 September 1916
1914-15 Star (16372 Pte. G. J. Millwood. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16372 Pte. G. J. Millwood. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (6) £100-£140

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 Leach attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was disembodied on 4 February 1917.

George Jack Millwood was born at Shoreditch, Middlesex, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Battersea. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1915, and was killed in action on 3 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.