Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private C. A. Ward, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5953 Pte. C. A. Ward 1/Oxfd: L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5253 Pte. C. Ward. Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (5953 Pte. C. A. Ward. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5953 Pte. C. A. Ward. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light contact marks to the Boer War pair, all sometime lacquered, generally very fine and better (5) £180-£220

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

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Charles Alfred Ward attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He subsequently served with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1914, and was discharged on 12 December 1915.