Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 3 53 Three: Colour Sergeant A. E. Weymouth, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry


British War and Victory Medals (8859 C.Sjt. A. E. Weymouth Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (5373148 C. Sjt. A. E. Weymouth. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with lid of named card box of issue, good very fine and better (3)


£70-£90 54


Twelve: Lance Corporal H. Purkins, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was one of the longest serving soldiers in the regiment and a noted regimental personality


British War and Victory Medals, both neatly erased; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine and better (12)


£300-£400


H. ‘Polly’ Purkins: A Private Herbert Purkins served in the Great War with 1/7th Middlesex Regiment as Private No. 9684, transferring to 1/9th Highland Light Infantry as Private. No. 334003, and lastly with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as Private No. 49884, and is possibly the same man, entitled to the British War and Victory Medals.


Purkins was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1943, and served with the 2nd Battalion O.B.L.I. in Normandy, being wounded on 8 August 1944.


The regimental journal in December 1945 states: ‘A Celebrity. L/Cpl. Perkins [sic], who in his own way is one of the regiment’s celebrities, had quite a long talk with the General [General Sir Bernard Paget]. L/Cpl Perkin’s arm is a study in stripes; one for his appointment, six ‘upside down’ stripes for long service (they reach up to his elbow) and two wound stripes, one for World War One (second battle of Ypres) and the other for World War Two (Normandy). He is 46. When it came to the point of doing an air-landing he wouldn’t be left behind, so went in with the rest of them although he was twice their average age.


L/Cpl. Perkins [sic] joined up in 1915 and has been with his present regiment since 1919. He went to India in 1922 and was there until 1940 with never a leave. When this war finished he volunteered to go to Japan. When his time comes for demobilisation he is going to do his best to stay in the army.’


Sold with copied research. 55 Three: Private W. Chambers, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Dorsetshire Regiment


British War and Victory Medals (34380 Pte. W. Chambers. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5719627 Pte. W. Chambers, Dorset. R.) nearly very fine (3)


£100-£140 56 Four: Private J. S Elsom, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry


British War and Victory Medals (2968 Pte. J. S. Elsom. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (John Elsom) good very fine (4)


£60-£80 57 Seven: Private A. W. Fribbence, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Wiltshire Regiment


British War and Victory Medals (01526 Pte. A. W. Fribbence. Wilts. R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., Regular Army, G.VI.R., 1st issue (5563244 Pte. A. Fribbence. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor official correction to last, very fine (7)


£80-£120


Albert Fribbence was born in 1900 and enlisted into the Shropshire Yeomanry on 13 April 1918, later transferring to the Wiltshire Regiment. Discharged in March 1921, he re-enlisted in May 1925 in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and his trade on enlistment was labourer. His inter-war service was at home, in Germany, and in India. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1941, and subsequently transferred to the Pioneering Corps in March 1943 and later to the Army Catering Corps.


Sold together with recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book and other ephemera. 58 Three: Private S. Harmer, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry


British War and Victory Medals (22211 Pte. S. Harman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (22211 Pte. S. Harmer [sic], Oxf. & Bucks L.I.) very fine, scarce (3)


£80-£120 59 Three: Private H. M. Parsons, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Machine Gun Corps


British War and Victory Medals (28157 Pte. H. Parsons. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (7817610 A. Sgt. H. M. Parsons. M.G.C.) number and rank officially corrected on last, very fine (3) £60-£80


60 Three: Private A. W. Partridge, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Royal Berkshire Regiment


British War and Victory Medals (34734 Pte. A. W. Partridge. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (5328750 Pte. A. W. Partridge. R. Berks. R.) good very fine (3)


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