Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (4) (9126 Cpl. O. Kempster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10608 Pte. H. H. Davenport, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10725 Pte. A. W. Phillips, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 14009 Pte. A. Sandall. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.) very fine (4) £60-£80

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

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Owen Kempster attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 15 July 1909, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of War from 5 December 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 5 May 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.334644.

Herbert Henry Davenport was born at Pailton, Warwickshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Warwick. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 22 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Arthur William Phillips, a native of Wallingford, Berkshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 28 August 1914, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and was discharged to the Army Reserve in April 1919.

Albert Sandall 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 subsequently transferred to the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, before being discharged to the Reserve on 13 February 1919.