Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 3 80
Three: Private N. Pilkington, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 26 May 1940
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379279 Pte. N. Pilkington. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, edge bruising to first, otherwise good very fine (3)
£120-£160
Norman Pilkington was born at Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1909, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and subsequently with 1st Battalion during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 26 May 1940.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial, France. 81 Six: Private P. V. Rice, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5378789 Pte. P. V. Rice. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (6)
£100-£140 82 Four: Private J. M. Salmon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5378751 Pte. J. M. Salmon. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (4)
£100-£140 83 Five: Private T. C. Stevens, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5377775 Pte. T. C. Stevens. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5)
£100-£140 84 Three: Private J. Wathan, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379678 Pte. J. Wathan. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor official correction to surname; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, minor edge bruising, good very fine (3)
£60-£80 85
Three: Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant R. W. H. Ireland, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was reported missing during the retreat to Dunkirk, but subsequently rejoined
1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issued addressed to ‘Mr. R. Ireland, 19 Hillsborough Road, Cowley, Oxford’; Army L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5377271 W.O. Cl. II. R. W. H. Ireland. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) number partially officially corrected; together with 12 Regimental and Army athletic and shooting prize medals, three of which are fully hallmarked sterling silver, two of which are named to him and 8 being regimental prize medals of the 43rd Light Infantry, generally very fine and better (15)
£100-£140
Ronald William Hector Ireland was born in Lewisham, London, in 1904 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and subsequently with the 1st Battalion as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant with the British Expeditionary Force. He was reported missing in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 27 May 1940, but subsequently rejoined his unit. He died at Honiton, Devon, in 1985.
Sold with two photocopied images of the recipient taken from the Regimental Journal. 86 Six: Sergeant K. Hughes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (5381407 Sgt. K. Hughes. K.S.L.I.) minor official correction to surname; Army L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5381047 Cpl. K. Hughes. Oxf. & Bucks.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (6)
£140-£180 87
Four: Private P. R. Allen, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 2 October 1944
1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. T. W. Allen, 7 Home Close, Wolvercote, Oxford’, good very fine (4)
£80-£120
Percy Ronald Allen, a native of Summertown, Oxford, served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Second World War in Burma, and was killed in action on 2 October 1944.
He is buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery. 88 Five: Private E. W. H. Barlow, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5376725 Pte. E. W. H. Barlow. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.) good very fine (5)
£60-£80
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