Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private P. Mealing, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (12995. Pte. P. Mealing. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (12995 Pte. P. Mealing. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine

Three: Private H. Sharpe, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (3008 Pte. H. Sharpe. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3008 Pte. H. Sharpe. 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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Percy Mealing attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 July 1915. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 16 March 1919.

Hugh Sharpe attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He later served in the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, and was disembodied on 10 March 1919.