Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant W. Barnard, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps, later Royal Artillery

1914 Star, with later slide clasp (8611 Pte. W. Barnard. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9611 Pte. W. Barnard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with two additional Long Service clasps (7807724 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. Barnard. R.A.) contact marks, very fine (6) £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 Barnard attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 4 January 1916, and later served with the Royal Artillery.