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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 6
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Three: Second Lieutenant G. E. Williams, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Grenadier Guards, who was killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917 1914-15 Star (23990 Pte. G. E. Williams. G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. E. Williams.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- George Ernest Williams was born in 1879, the son of Quartermaster and Captain George Williams, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, and having served with the Grenadier Guards subsequently joined the High Wycombe Borough Police. He sought permission to re-enlist in his old regiment in June 1915, and served with the Grenadier Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in July 1917, and was killed in action at Cambrai on 20 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval Military Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research.
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Three: Second Lieutenant G. E. Williams, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Grenadier Guards, who was killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917 1914-15 Star (23990 Pte. G. E. Williams. G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. E. Williams.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- George Ernest Williams was born in 1879, the son of Quartermaster and Captain George Williams, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, and having served with the Grenadier Guards subsequently joined the High Wycombe Borough Police. He sought permission to re-enlist in his old regiment in June 1915, and served with the Grenadier Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in July 1917, and was killed in action at Cambrai on 20 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval Military Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research.
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