Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal E. G. Spittles, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (2074 Pte. E. G. Spittles, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2074 Cpl. E. G. Spittles. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine

Three: Corporal F. T. Taylor, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (2100 Pte. F. T. Taylor. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2100 Cpl. F. T. Taylor. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine

Three: Private A. E. Maynard, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (10682 Pte. A. E. Maynard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10682 Pte. A. E. Maynard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine

Pair: Corporal D. C. L. Crudden, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (267060. Cpl. D. C. L. Crudden. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light contact marks, very fine (11) £140-£180

Ernest Gerald Spittles was born in Buckinghamshire on 8 November 1892 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 31 August 1914. He served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion from 30 March 1915 and saw later service with the 2nd/4th Battalion. Disembodied on 17 February 1919, he appears on the 1939 Register as an ARP Messenger. He died in Buckinghamshire, aged 63, on 13 June 1956.

Sold with a copied article from an unidentified parish magazine, showing a group photograph, with the recipient identified, on the Western Front, which refers to his work in an observation post.

Frederick T. Taylor attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion from 30 March 1915. Appointed Corporal, he was disembodied on 9 March 1919.

Abel Edgar Maynard was born in Great Linford, Buckinghamshire, on 12 February 1878 and served with the 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915. Discharged Class ‘Z’, he died in Luton, Bedfordshire on 12 February 1968, aged 89.

David Coupar Lamond Crudden was born in Glasgow and served with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front.