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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 7
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Pair: Private C. R. Haddon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (203481 Pte. C. R. Haddon. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Private P. L. King, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (34714 Pte. P. L. King. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private A. Mole, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (23646 Pte. A. Mole. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B21720’, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private F. Pearce, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (11808 Pte. F. Pearce. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (8) £120-£160 --- Cecil Rowland Haddon, a native of Marlow, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was severely wounded by gun shot to the leg, requiring amputation at the knee. He was discharged on 17 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B.156995. Percy Louis King was born at Reading, Berkshire, on 26 June 1899 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 26 July 1917. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was severely wounded by gun shot to the right arm. He was discharged, no longer physically fit for war service, on 24 September 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 309009. Albert Mole attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 23 November 1915, and later served in the 574 Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. He was discharged sick on 5 October 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B21720. Sold with two postcard size photographs, one of the recipient in civil dress wearing his Silver War Badge, and the other a group of soldiers in ‘Hospital Blues’; and an O.B.L.I. cap badge and two British Legion lapel badges. Frank Pearce attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He subsequently transferred to the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment.
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Pair: Private C. R. Haddon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (203481 Pte. C. R. Haddon. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Private P. L. King, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (34714 Pte. P. L. King. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private A. Mole, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (23646 Pte. A. Mole. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B21720’, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private F. Pearce, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (11808 Pte. F. Pearce. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (8) £120-£160 --- Cecil Rowland Haddon, a native of Marlow, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was severely wounded by gun shot to the leg, requiring amputation at the knee. He was discharged on 17 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B.156995. Percy Louis King was born at Reading, Berkshire, on 26 June 1899 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 26 July 1917. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was severely wounded by gun shot to the right arm. He was discharged, no longer physically fit for war service, on 24 September 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 309009. Albert Mole attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 23 November 1915, and later served in the 574 Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. He was discharged sick on 5 October 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B21720. Sold with two postcard size photographs, one of the recipient in civil dress wearing his Silver War Badge, and the other a group of soldiers in ‘Hospital Blues’; and an O.B.L.I. cap badge and two British Legion lapel badges. Frank Pearce attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He subsequently transferred to the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment.
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