Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medals 1914-19 (10) (8718 Pte. A. Adey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 28560 Pte. C. W. Cooper. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 24994 Pte. G. Fowler. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 3079 Pte. H. R. Goddard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20438 Pte. E. Grigg. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16405 Pte. O. H. Lansley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16361 Pte. T. Shaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10891 Pte. G. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 28596 Pte. F. W. Tanner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16864 Pte. W. Tasker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, traces of verdigris, generally nearly very fine and better (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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Albert Adey was born at Birmingham, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 November 1914, and was killed in action on 1 May 1918. The regimental journal indicates that he had been recommended for the Military Medal for the Somme, 23 March to 5 April 1918. He is buried at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.

Herbert Richard Goddard 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.

Octavius Henry Lansley, a native of Slough, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 19 November 1914. He served during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from September 1915, and was discharged medically unfit on 27 September 1916. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 161147.

Thomas Shaw, a native of Coventry, Warwickshire, attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 17 November 1914. He first served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 18 September 1915 and subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps, before reverting to the 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He was demobilised in June 1919.

George Smith attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 30 August 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was twice wounded in action.

William Tasker 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.