Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 3 46 Family Group:
Pair: Private S. T. White, 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 August 1916 British War and Victory Medals (4884 Pte. S. T. White. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Sidney Thomas White), the reverse of the plaque privately engraved ‘Brother of W. G. White, Pte. Sidney Thomas White, 1/1st Bucks. K-I-A 23rd August 1916. Born Truro Cornwall’, good very fine
Memorial Plaque (William Gordon White) the reverse of the plaque privately engraved ‘Brother of S. T. White. 6145 Pte. William Gordon White. 1/4th Oxford & Bucks. L.I. D-O-W 20th December 1916. Born Lydford Devon’, good very fine (4)
£140-£180
Sidney Thomas White was born in Truro, Cornwall, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Falmouth, Cornwall. He served with the 1st/1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on the Somme on 23 August 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
William George White, brother of the above, was born in Lydford, Devon, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Falmouth, Cornwall. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 20 December 1916. He is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
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Pair: Private J. W. Perry, 2nd/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 July 1916
British War and Victory Medals (5331 J. W. Perry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (John William Perry) nearly extremely fine (3)
£120-£160
John William Perry, a native of Kirkdale, Liverpool, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action on 19 July 1916, aged 19; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
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Pair: Sergeant W. J. Smith, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (5431 Sjt. W. J. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William James Smith); together with a small black Bakelite crucifix pendant hand engraved ‘R.I.P. W. Smith 24 March 1918’, nearly extremely fine (3)
£100-£140
William James Smith was born at Bampton, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 24 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.
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Three: Corporal R. Harding, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 19 July 1916
British War and Victory Medals (2191 Cpl. R. Harding. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) BWM officially renamed; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2191 Cpl. R. Harding. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with regimental cap badge, very fine (3)
£200-£240
Reginald Harding was the son of Mrs L. Harding of 28 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He served during the Great War with the 2/4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action, aged 18, on the Western Front, 19 July 1916.
Corporal Harding is buried in the Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France. 50
Pair: Private F. Berry, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (5590 Pte. F. Berry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Berry) generally good very fine (3)
£80-£120
Frederick Berry was born in Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire. He served during the Great War with the 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 August 1917.
Private Berry is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. 51
Pair: Lance Corporal W. F. Burton, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at Arras on 9 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (22634 Pte. W. F. Burton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Wilfred Frank Burton); Memorial Scroll, ‘L/Cpl. Wilfred Frank Burton Oxf. and Bucks. L.I.’, plaque with small hole neatly drilled at top, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3)
£180-£220
Wilfred Frank Burton, a native of Burford, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action at Arras on 9 April 1917 and is buried at Tilloy British Cemetery, France.
Sold together with the recipient’s cap badge and shoulder titles. 52
Pair: Private F. Mills, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (20820 Pte. F. Mills. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Fred Mills) good very fine (3) £70-£90
Fred Mills was born in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. He served during the Great War with the 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 March 1918.
Private Mills is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
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