The British War Medal awarded to Private F. Savage, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 6 August 1915

British War Medal 1914-20 (10798 Pte. F. Savage Oxf. & Bucks, L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Frank Savage) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Frank Savage was born at Calverton, Buckinghamshire and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 April 1915, and was killed in action on 6 August 1915, when the battalion trenches at ‘Railway Wood’, Ypres were heavily bombarded with artillery and Minenwerfer fire. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.