Four: Sergeant T. King, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (5607 Sjt. T. King. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5607 Sjt. T. King. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5607 Sjt. T. King. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (4) £100-£140

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

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Thomas King was born at Watlington, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 3 June 1898, declaring prior service in the Militia. He was promoted Corporal in September 1914 and Sergeant in August 1915, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was admitted to the 2nd Royal Naval Field Ambulance suffering from Pyrexia (unexplained fever) in November 1916, and was sent onward to the Casualty Clearing Station at Varennes. In January 1918 he was serving with the Command Depot, O.B.L.I., stationed at Tipperary, then after a brief spell with the 3rd Battalion was posted to the 5th Battalion. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1917, and transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1919.