Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant A. C. Skoulding, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds received at Guillemont on 21 February 1917; in civilian life he was an Auctioneer’s Clerk
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut A. C. Skoulding) some scratches to VM, otherwise very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. P. E. Craddock.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. A. W. Wood.) BWM extremely fine, ring altered on VM to incorporate an unofficial straight suspension, some staining, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £80-£100

Alfred Cecil Skoulding, an auctioneer’s clerk from Melton, Suffolk, was born on 9 January 1894. He attested for the Honourable Artillery Company and served at home during the Great War, before being commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 19 December 1916. He served on the Western Front with the 6th Battalion from 4 February 1917 and, just a few weeks later, was wounded at Guillemont by gun shot to his left buttock on 19 February 1917. He died of wounds on 21 February 1917, and is buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France.

Percy Ernest Craddock was born in Wantage, Oxfordshire in October 1896 and attested for the Oxford Yeomanry for service during the Great War. Appointed sergeant, he was later commissioned in to Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/4th Battalion on the Western Front, where he was taken Prisoner of War.

Almerick Watkins Wood was born on 11 October 1891 in Kurseong Parsonage, Bengal. He was educated at Beaumont College, where he was both School and Boats Captain; and at Merton College, Oxford, where he rowed in the college eight in the Henley Regatta in both 1912 and 1913. He was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 22 September 1914, for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front in 1915. On 10 September 1915, he was posted to the 5th Battalion and died of wounds on 26 September 1915, received the previous day at the attack on Bellewaarde Farm, during the Battle of Loos. He is buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

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