Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (9648 A. Sjt. R. V. J. Caladine. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 24887 Cpl. G. W. J. Jarvis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 8741 Cpl. H. E. Searle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 2618 Pte. T. Bastin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10872 Pte. J. Evans. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 235068 Pte. H. Freeman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 11109 Pte. L. A. Martin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 285231 Pte. W. J. Sheppard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10420 Pte. P. W. Turner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 19222 Pte. H. G. Wood. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) generally nearly very fine and better (10) £140-£180

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

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Harry Edward Searle was born at Tilbury, Essex, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Stratford, Essex. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action on 6 April 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Lawrence Alfred Martin was born in Dublin and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Rugby, Warwickshire. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 12 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Percy William Turner was born in Oxford and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 25 September 1915. He is buried at Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.