Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal W. Oliver, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the First Battle of Sannaiyat, Mesopotamia, on 6 April 1916

British War and Victory Medals (18846 Pte. W. Oliver. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Wallace Oliver) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140

Wallace Oliver was born in Warley, Worcestershire and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Smethwick, Staffordshire. He served with the 1st Battalion in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action on 6 April 1916 during the First Battle of Sannaiyat. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Sold together with a portion of an original postcard photograph of the recipient in uniform; and copied research.