Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. J. Hatton, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 May 1917

British War and Victory Medals (26340 Pte. W. J. Hatton, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Walter James Hatton) very fine (3) £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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Walter James Hatton was born at Bournemouth, Hampshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Slough, Buckinghamshire. He served with 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was missing, later presumed killed in action, on 3 May 1917, during the Battalion’s involvement in the Battles of Arras and the Scarpe. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.