A Collection of Medals to the 43rd/52nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

19 & 20 March 2008

Lot No 815

Family group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. Richardson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8238 C.S.Mjr., 2/). & B.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8238 W.O. Cl. 2, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) 1914...

19 & 20 March 2008

Lot No 816

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Private E. Parker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action, 24 July 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11751 Pte., 6/O. & B.L.I.) nearly extremely fine £700-800

19 & 20 March 2008

Lot No 817

A rare Second World War Fall of France 1940 D.C.M. awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major C. W. J. Roby, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (5378576 Sjt. C. W. J. Roby, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), good very fine £3000-3500

19 & 20 March 2008

Lot No 818

A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Serjeant D. J. Wright, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (5469 Sjt., 1/O. & B.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5469 Corl., Oxford. Lt. Infy.); King’s...

19 & 20 March 2008

Lot No 819

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. A. Kinchen, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (17053 Pte., 6/O. & B.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (35827 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17053 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (4) £400-450

19 & 20 March 2008

Lot No 820

A rare and emotive Second World War Normandy operations M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal W. H. Short, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regiment, who, having been decorated for leading an assault on an enemy position - Bren gun firing from his hip - was killed in action in the Ardennes in...