Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private S. M. Edmonds, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (7720 Pte. S. M. Edmonds. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private W. Hill, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (29457 Pte. W. Hill. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) VM officially re-impressed, very fine

Pair: Private W. C. Potter, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (34733 Pte. W. C. Potter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private W. G. Richards, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (204296 Pte. W. G. Richards. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (8) £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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Sidney Marcellous Edmonds, a native of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 15 November 1915 and served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 December 1916. He was severely gassed on 14 April 1917 and spent 90 days in hospital in the U.K. He returned to France and served there again from 11 September 1917 to 26 March 1919. He was demobilised in April 1919.

Walter Hill was born at Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, in 1888 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 18 October 1916, serving with the 11th Garrison Battalion. He was discharged physically unfit on 6 September 1918.

Wallace Cuthbert Potter initially served in the 52nd Graduated Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, prior to transfer to 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

William G. Richards attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War.