Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. Winterbourne, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (9003 Pte. H. Winterbourne. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9003 Pte. H. Winterbourne. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private F. C. Wright, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps
1914-15 Star (2023 Pte. F. C. Wright, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2023 Pte. F. C. Wright, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (6) £70-£90

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

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Henry Winterbourne attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 7 December 1908, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 November 1914. He was discharged due to sickness on 19 March 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 16821.

Fred Coleman Wright attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, being re-numbered 21729. He was discharged on 21 February 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B.159215.