Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. T. Wilson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at La Soupir on 19 September 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (8393 Pte. J. Wilson. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8393 Pte. J. T. Wilson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (3) £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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Joseph Thomas Wilson was born at Hackney, Middlesex, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Stratford, Essex, in 1907. He served in the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914, and was killed in action on 19 September 1914. He has a brief entry in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. He is buried at Vailly British Cemetery, France.

Sold together with a postcard sized photograph believed to be of the recipient in uniform.