Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant F. C. Higgs, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (2654 Pte. F. C. Higgs. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2654 Sjt. F. C. Higgs. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private J. Pryor, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (10281 Pte. J. Pryor. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10281 Pte. J. Pryor. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private F. Oxlade, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (2761 Pte. F. Oxlade, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2761 Pte. F. Oxlade. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19, nearly very fine (9) £100-£140

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

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Frederick C. Higgs attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was later re-numbered 200641 and was disembodied on 4 February 1919.

James Pryor attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 20 August 1914 and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 20 June 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. B.238313.

Fred Oxlade attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was later re-numbered 265942, and was disembodied on 2 May 1919.