Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant J. Webb, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (5615. Pte. J. Webb. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5615 Pte. J. Webb. Oxford. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (15072 Sjt. J. Webb. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the BWM better (3) £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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John Webb attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion in the South Africa during the Boer War. He re-enlisted for service in the Great War on 14 September 1914 and served the with 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on the Western Front from 1 October 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 11 July 1917 and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 125231. He died on 17 April 1962.