Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. C. Webster, Army Educational Corps, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) very fine (3) £100-140

Philip Lionel Clive Webster was born on 12 February 1892, the son of Lionel W. Webster of Shiplake-on-Thames. He was educated at Haileybury where, in 1910, he played for the School XV. He was then an Exhibitioner at Merton College, Oxford, 1911-14 and gained a B.A. in 1917. Webster was commissioned into the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in August 1914, being attached to the 2nd Battalion in 1915. He served in France, 17 May-1 October 1915 and 22 May-6 August 1916 and was wounded. He was promoted to Lieutenant in November 1915 and Captain in April 1917. Transferred to the Army Educational Corps in November 1920, he was promoted to Major in January 1939, Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1942, Acting Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1943 and attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1944. During 1929-30 he was employed as an officer at the Royal Military College and in 1943 was Chief Education Officer Western Command. He retired as an Honorary Colonel in the Royal Army Educational Corps in February 1947. Sold with copied service details.