Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. E. Free, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Machine Gun Corps (Motors)
1914-15 Star (8135 Pte. W. E. Free, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8136 Pte. W. E. Free. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private T. Holiday, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (1909 Pte. T. Holiday, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1909. Cpl. T. Holiday. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruises to VM, otherwise better than very fine

Three: Private W. A. Luckett, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (2176 Pte. W. A. Luckett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2176 Pte. W. A. Luckett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted for wear, a few scratches to reverse of star, contact marks, nearly very fine

Pair: Private P. A. Frost, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (9508 Pte. P. A. Frost, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (9508 Pte. P. A. Frost. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) scratched and contact marked, hence good fine (11) £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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Walter Eugene Free attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 8 November 1914. He later served in the Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

Thomas Holiday attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 11 June 1913 and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 25 April 1917, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 190900.

William Albert Luckett attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 27 May 1914, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged due to wounds on 20 May 1917, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 231762.

Percy Amos Frost attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from November 1914. He subsequently served in the Labour Corps and was discharged due to wounds on 25 January 1918, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 311915.