Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (4173 Pte. A. Aldridge. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 15732 Pte. P. W. Ashmall. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10374 Pte. A. E. Baker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 30027 Pte. W. P. Chotter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 19028 Pte. G. Clarke. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 9498 Pte. H. J. Iremonger. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20938 Pte. W. Scrivens. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 6779 Pte. A. J. Williams. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20817 Pte. H. H. [sic] Ellis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) last with crude replacement wire ring suspension; edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine and better (9) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

View
Collection

Percival William Ashmall attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 2 November 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 263536.

Arthur Ernest Baker was born at Oxford and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 17 October 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

William P. Chotter attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was re-numbered 38444.

Gilbert Clarke attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was re-numbered 394863.

Henry Joseph Ironmonger attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 5 December 1914.

Walter Scrivens was born at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Birmingham. He served with the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action on 27 June 1916. He is buried at Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Herbert Neville Ellis was born at Paddington, London, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Reading. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 28 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.