Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private T. W. Boyce, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (6231 Pte. T. W. Boyce. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private C. S. M. Mobbs, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (30723 Pte. C. S. M. Mobbs. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private W. T. Starvis, Oxfordshire and Buckinhamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (21045 Pte. W. T. Starvis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private A. J. Ward, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (240589 Pte. A. J. Ward. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (8) £100-£140

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

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Thomas William Boyce was born at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 24 November 1915. Mobilised on 30 May 1916, he served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from September 1916, and was evacuated to England with ‘debility’ in January 1917. He later appears to have been posted to 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and in April 1918 was posted to 11th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry at Clacton on Sea, landing in Calais on 7 May 1918. He was then transferred to the Labour Corps in France on 25 June 1918, and was discharged from 188 Prisoner of War Company, Labour Corps on 3 September 1919.

Sold with an unusual photographic pin badge of a soldier in uniform, apparently of French Manufacture, faded and distressed sepia image, believed to be of the recipient; and an O.B.L.I. Old Comrades Association lapel badge.

Charles Stephen Mundy Mobbs, a native of Loughton, Essex, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and later transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment, being promoted to Acting Sergeant.

William Thomas Starvis, a native of Kentish Town, London, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 11 November 1915, and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika, and subsequently with the 7th Battalion. He transferred to the Army Reserve in May 1919.

Arthur Joseph Ward attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 22 November 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 June 1917. He was severely wounded by gun shot to his right shoulder and neck on 22 August 1917, and was evacuated to the U.K. on 2 December 1917. He was discharged as permanently unfit, due to wounds on 2 July 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 423145.