Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant D. J. Baker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (16805 Pte. D. J. Baker, Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16805 Sjt. D. J. Baker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private A. Dunsby, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Royal Engineers
1914-15 Star (19656 Pte. A. Dunsby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (19656 Pte. A. Dunsby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private W. Eaton, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (13967 Pte. W. Eaton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (13967 Pte. W. Eaton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) 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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Donald James Baker, a native of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 12 December 1914 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, and later with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Salonika. He was promoted Sergeant on 1 January 1918, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 11 May 1919.

Andrew Dunsby, a native of Witney, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 1 September 1915 and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 December 1915. He was later transferred to the Royal Engineers, being posted to 315th Road Construction Company. He was demobilised on 28 February 1919.

William Eaton 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 later transferred to the Labour Corps and transferred to the Army Reserve on 18 April 1919.