Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

Pair: Private A. J. Austin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (24042 Pte. A. J. Austin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine

Pair: Private L. Clegg, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (26870 Pte. L. Clegg. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine

Pair: Private W. A. Gray, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken prisoner of War during the German Spring Offensive on 23 March 1918 and died of wounds in captivity on 17 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (17711 Pte. W. A. Gray. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) goodvery fine

Pair: Private A. A. W. Serman, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at St. Julien on 16 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (7591 Pte. A. A. W. Serman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (8) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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William Arthur Gray was born at New Barnet, Hertfordshire, in 1882 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was taken prisoner of war at Haplincourt on 23 March 1918. Severely wounded, he died of wounds and subsequent blood poisoning in hospital at Ohrdruf on 17 April 1918, and is buried at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany.

Arthur Albert William Serman was born at Stourbridge, Worcestershire in 1888 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Witney, Oxfordshire. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action in the vicinity of the St Julien-Langemarck road on 16 August 1917.