Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Company Sergeant Major E. A. Doe, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (14692 Sjt. E. A. Doe. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14692 Sjt. E. A. Doe. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal, good very fine

Three: Private H. J. Cozier, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the attack on Bellewaarde Farm on 5 September 1915
1914-15 Star (8867 Pte. H. J. Cozier, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8867 Pte. H. J. Cozier. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (7) £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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Edward Albert Doe was born at Allerton, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on 14 September 1914. Promoted Sergeant on 10 June 1915, he served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and was appointed Company Sergeant Major on 25 February 1919. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 June 1919.

Henry John Cozier was born at Thame, Oxfordshire, on 29 April 1885 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 July 1915, and was reported as missing, later presumed killed in action, during the attack on Bellewaarde Farm at the Battle of Loos on 25 September 191. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Sold with a postcard studio photograph of the recipient in uniform.