Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. C. Wilby, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 May 1915

1914 Star, with copy clasp (6215 Pte. W. C. Wilby, 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6215 Pte. W. C. Wilby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (3) £100-£140

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 Charles Wilby was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, being employed in civilian life by the Great Western Railway. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1914, and was posted missing, presumed killed in action, on 16 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.