Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (3) (9099 Pte. H. T. Day. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; 121 Pte. J. Lacey. Manch. R.; No. 1467 Sepoy Zain Khan, 76/Punjabis.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2371 Sepoy Ajaib Singh, 1-66. Pjbis.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Ernest Cooper) the VM polished and worn, therefore poor; the Stars and Plaque better (5) £120-£160

Harry Thomas Day was born in Newtown, Berkshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Reading. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and was taken Prisoner of War at Kut. He died in captivity on 3 May 1916 and is buried in Kut War Cemetery, Iraq.

John Henry Lacey, an employee of the East Indian Railway at Allahabad, attested for the Manchester Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia. Posted on attachment to the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he was taken Prisoner of War at Kut. He died in captivity on 16 September 1916 and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

Zain Khan attested for the 76th Punjabis and served with them during the Great War in Mesopotamia. Taken Prisoner of War at Kut, he died in captivity in March 1918 and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Ajaib Singh (also recorded as 2371 Sepoy Ajaib Khan) attested for the 66th Punjabis and served with them during the Great War in Mesopotamia. He died at Kut on 20 December 1915 and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

There are at least two men with the name Arthur Ernest Cooper recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.