Three: Lieutenant H. A. Beaver, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. H. A. Beaver, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. A. Beaver), traces of lacquer, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £80-£100

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

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Henry Albert Beaver was born in Southsea, Hampshire, in 1896 and was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 23 December 1914. He was promoted temporary Lieutenant on 1 July 1917, and Acting Captain whilst commanding a Company from 7 August to 7 September 1918. He relinquished his commission on 31 March 1920.

Note: The only officer of the O.B.L.I., with the surname Beaver, traced on the Medal Index Cards is Lieutenant Albert Henry Beaver [sic], who landed in France in August 1915, and whose home address was at 26 Livingstone Rd., Southsea. The medal roll reference on the Medal index card tallies with the medal roll recording the issue of the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal to H. A. Beaver, and it therefore seems that the initials have become transposed on the medal index card, but that the medals are named correctly.