Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private A. E. Pearce, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914 Star with clasp (9450 Pte. A. E. Pearce. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9450 Pte. A. E. Pearce. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising, nearly very fine

Seven: Signalman A. E. Pearce, Royal Signals
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Arthur Edward Pearce); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (2327006 Sigmn. A. E. Pearce. R. Sigs.) generally very fine and better (10) £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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Albert Edward Pearce attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1910, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He was admitted to No. 11 Casualty Clearing Hospital at Verennes, in November 1916, suffering from P.U.O., (Pyrexia or fever of Unknown Origin) and sent on to No. 19 Ambulance Train.

Arthur Edward Pearce was awarded the Imperial Service Medal in the London Gazette 6 January 1967, as Overseer, General Post Office, Birmingham.