Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. Longley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (7747 Pte. G. Longley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light staining to VM, nearly very fine

Pair: Private O. Morgan, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 7 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (6748 Pte. O. Morgan, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor edge bruise to VM, good very fine

Pair: Private A. J. Searle, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (20498 Pte. A. J. Searle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) BWM partially officially re-impressed, some verdigris traces to reverse of VM, otherwise very fine

Pair: Private R. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (7773 Pte. R. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

View
Collection

Oswald 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 died of wounds on 7 April 1917. He is buried in Tertry Communal Cemetery, France. He was the son of Morgan Morgan and Jessie Morgan, of Cardiff.