Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. J. Cross, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Intantry

1914 Star (8362 Pte. W. J. Cross. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8362 Pte. W. J. Cross. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (3) £70-£90

William J. Cross was born in Cottisford, Oxfordshire, in 1898 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1906. A Reservist, he was recalled for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion from 14 August 1914, and was discharged ‘no longer physically fit for war service’ on 17 November 1915.