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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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№ 43

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14 April 2021

Hammer Price:
£200

Three: Private J. W. T. Harris, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, who was taken prisoner and died in captivity in Germany on 12 October 1918

1914-15 Star (10314 Pte. J. W. T. Harris. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10314 Pte. J. W. T. Harris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (John Walter Thomas Harris) in card envelope, extremely fine (4) £140-£180

John Walter Thomas Harris was born in Stratton Audley, Oxon, and enlisted at Oxford, the husband of Fanny Harris. He served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in France from 1 January 1915, and also served with the 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). He died on 12 October 1918 whilst in a Prisoner of War camp and is buried in Niederzwerhren Cemetery, Kassel Hessen, Germany.