Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal J. Charlett, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War at Kut-al-Amara and died on the march at Angora on 28 March 1917

1914-15 Star (6162 Pte. J. Charlette. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6162 Pte. J. Charlett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (John Charlett); together with a ‘Church War Cross’, extremely fine (5) £300-£400

John Charlett was born at Beckley, Oxfordshire, and enlisted into the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, in 1899. Discharged to Army Reserve in 1907, he was re-called for service in 1914 and served in the Asiatic theatre of war from 5 December 1914. Taken prisoner of War at Kut-al-Amara in April 1916, he died at Angora on 28 March 1917. He is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.