Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private T. A. Talbot, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914 Star, with clasp (9441 Pte. T. A. Talbot. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9441 Pte. T. A. Talbot. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (373204 Pte. T. A. Talbot. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine (4) £140-£180

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

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Thomas A. ‘Ginger’ Talbot attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in April 1911, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914, serving as a waiter in the Officers Mess of his battalion for the duration of the War. Following the cessation of hostilities he remained in ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1928, before being posted to the home establishment in 1929, serving as mobilisation storeman for three years until taking his discharge in April 1932. He subsequently gained some notoriety in the Regimental Journal of March 1937, having won £12,275 on the football pools, for a stake of 3d.