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Three: Private R. Donaldson, 2nd Battalion, late 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds in France on 28 June 1917
1914-15 Star (15466 Pte. R. Donaldson. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (15466 Pte. R. Donaldson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Donaldson) extremely fine (4)
£100-£140
Robert Donaldson was born at Deritend, near Warwick, and enlisted at Birmingham. He served in France with the 8th Battalion from 18 September, and later in Salonika, before transferring to the 2nd Battalion for further service in France. He was wounded on 28 June 1917, and died of his wounds later the same day. He is buried in Cambrin Military Cemetery, France.
39 Six: Pioneer Sergeant Owen Frewin, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (1753 L. Cpl. O. Frewin. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (1753 Sjt. O. Frewin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (200176 Sjt. O. Frewin 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, with clasp ‘Long Service, 1949’ (Owen Frewin) nearly very fine or better (6)
£180-£220 M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British forces in Italy.’
The recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous good work and devotion to duty as Battalion Pioneer Sergeant during the whole period the Battalion has been abroad.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918.
Owen Frewin was a pre-war territorial and went to France with the 1/4th Battalion on 29 March 1915. After the war he joined the Special Constabulary, receiving the Long Service medal in 1939 and a bar in 1949. Sold with ribbon bars, two OBLI collar badges, and two Pioneer Sergeant’s stripes, one in cloth with brass insignia, the other entirely in cloth.
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Three: Lance-Corporal H. E. Long, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at Pozieres on 23 July 1916
1914-15 Star (2622 Pte. H. E. Long. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2622 Pte. H. E. Long. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert Edward Long) extremely fine (4)
£100-£140
Herbert Edward Long served with the 1/4th Battalion in France from 29 March 1915, and was killed in action at Pozieres (Sickle Trench) on 23 July 1916. He was the son of Henry Long, of Witney, Oxon, and is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Three: Private Benjamin Pitt, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 8 July 1916
1914-15 Star (11559 Pte. B. Pitt. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5372 Pte. B. Pitt. Oxf. & Bucks. L. I.); Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Pitt) extremely fine (4)
£100-£140
Benjamin Pitt was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, and enlisted at Birmingham. He served with the 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, in France from 6 August 1915, and was killed in action on 8 July 1916, aged 20. The son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Pitt, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, he is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.
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Three: Corporal T. S. C. Joiner, 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died in Salonika on 24 September 1918
1914-15 Star (15649 L.Cpl. T. S. Joiner, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (15649 Cpl. T. S. C. Joimner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Samuel Carlisle Joiner) good very fine (4)
£80-£120
Thomas Samuel Carlisle Joiner was born in Birmingham and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and subsequently in Salonika, and died there on 24 September 1918. He is buried in Taranto Town Cemetery Extension, Italy
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Three: Private J. W. T. Harris, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, who was taken prisoner and died in captivity in Germany on 12 October 1918
1914-15 Star (10314 Pte. J. W. T. Harris. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10314 Pte. J. W. T. Harris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (John Walter Thomas Harris) in card envelope, extremely fine (4)
£140-£180
John Walter Thomas Harris was born in Stratton Audley, Oxon, and enlisted at Oxford, the husband of Fanny Harris. He served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in France from 1 January 1915, and also served with the 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). He died on 12 October 1918 whilst in a Prisoner of War camp and is buried in Niederzwerhren Cemetery, Kassel Hessen, Germany.
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Pair: Private A. W. Franklin, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 3 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (21321 Pte. A. W. Franklin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Albert William Franklin) extremely fine (3)
£60-£80
Albert William Franklin was born at Overthorpe, Northants, and enlisted into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Banbury, Oxon. He was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, No. 30008, when he was killed in action on 3 September 1916. He is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt.
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