Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal L. Morgan, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (6744 Cpl. L. Morgan. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private H. Somerfield, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (24073 Pte. H. Somerfield. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private F. V. Wood, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (26346 Pte. F. V. Wood. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.) some ‘spotting’ to VM, otherwise good 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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Leslie Morgan was born at St. Pancras, Middlesex and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Cardiff. He served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 22 August 1917. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.

Hubert Somerfield, a native of Smethwick, Birmingham, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 10 December 1915 and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was twice wounded and was discharged no longer physically fit in May 1920.

Frederick Victor Wood, a native of Dumbleton, Gloucester, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 15 August 1916 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 December 1916. He is also noted as having service with the Wiltshire Regiment, Dorset Regiment, West Yorkshire Regiment, and the Royal Defence Corps. He was twice wounded and was transferred to the Army Reserve in October 1919.