Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Baughan, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the Battle of Festubert on 16 May 1915
1914-15 Star (16926 Pte. J. Baughan. Oxf: & Bucks:L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16926 Pte. J. Baughan. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor official correction to last digit of service number on Star, otherwise good very fine

Three: Private A. Atkins, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 11 January 1916
1914-15 Star (18630 Pte. A. Atkins. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18630 Pte. A. Atkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (6) £80-£100

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

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Joseph Baughan was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Willesden, Middlesex. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue, during the Battle of Festubert, on 16 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.

Sold with a related bronze prize medallion engraved to one side within wreath ‘1st V.B. O.B.L.I.- 1918 - F.B. Penny Cup’, and to the other ‘2nd Bicester Platoon L/C. Baughan F.’, presumably awarded to a relative.

Arthur Atkins was born at Hyde Heath, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 11 January 1916. He is buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.