Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2136 Pte. W. A. Harris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with crudely repaired replacement suspension, minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine £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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William Arthur Harris attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 2 April 1914 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 July 1916. He was slightly wounded by a shell on 16 August 1916, and again on 27 August 1916, and was then severely wounded by gunshot to the knees on 20 April 1917. Evacuated to the U.K., after recovering he was posted to the 4th Reserve Battalion for service in Ireland, and was demobilised in March 1919.

Sold with a T4 O.B.L.I. cap badge.