Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Harris, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (10920 Pte. W. Harris, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10920 Pte. W. Harris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) star sometime gilded, otherwise very fine

Three: Private E. Walters, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (15209. Pte. E. Walters. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (13209 Pte. E. Walters. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) note difference in service numbers, very fine

Three: Private T. York, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War and died in captivity in Mesopotamia on 22 December 1916
1914-15 Star (9309 Pte. T. York. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9309 Pte. T. York. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine (9) £120-£160

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

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William Harris was born at Walthamstow, Essex, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in August 1914. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915, and was hospitalised following exposure to gas in 1917. He survived the war and was transferred to the Army Reserve in February 1919.

Ernest Walters attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He was discharged on 13 November 1917, and was awarded the Silver War Badge.

Thomas York (most likely an alias) was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, and resided at Leicester. He attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of War from 15 December 1914. Taken Prisoner of War, he died in captivity on 22 September 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq, under the name George Albert York.