Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant W. C. Wyatt, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Durham Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (1144 L.Cpl. W. C. Wyatt, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1144 Sjt. W. C. Wyatt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (252564 Sjt. W. C. Wyatt. 6/Durh: L.I.); together with a Durham Mines Inspection District, Ambulance League fob medal, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1937) light contact marks, very fine (5) £160-£200

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 Cecil Wyatt, a native of Cowley, Oxford, 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 later transferred to the 2nd/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.