Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. Reed, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached Herefordshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 1 November 1918
1914-15 Star (11046 Pte G. Reed. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (11046 Pte. G. Reed. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private A. C. Allen, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in Salonika on 20 November 1916
British War and Victory Medals (13785 Pte. A. C. Allen. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private F. Hall, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (31443 Pte. F. Hall. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private J. Mayo, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (15029 Pte. J. Mayo. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (8) £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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George Reed attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 May 1915, before transferring to the 1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He died of wounds on 1 November 1918, whilst attached to the 1st/1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment, and is buried in Harlbeke Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Albert Charles Allen was born at Hampstead Norris, Newbury, Berkshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika, and was killed in action on 20 November 1916. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.

John Mayo, a native of a resident of Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 4 September 1914, and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 23 December 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B275089.