Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. H. J. S. Bawden, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (18387 Pte. G. H. J. S. Bawden. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18387 Pte. G. H. J. S. Bawden. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private A. C. Bradbury, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (1522 Pte. A. C. Bradbury. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1523 Pte. A. C. Bradbury. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), note difference in service number which is noted on Medal Index Card, nearly very fine

Pair: Private S. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (203140 Pte. S. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private H. S. Stanwell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (202235 Pte. H. S. Stanwell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (10) £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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George Henry John Shellish Bawden, a native of Weston-super-Mare, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Gosport, Hampshire, on 3 May 1915 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 October 1915. He later served on attachment to the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 30 July 1919.

Alfred Charles Bradbury 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 disembodied on February 1919.