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3 December 2020

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№ 192

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3 December 2020

Hammer Price:
£340

Four: Captain L. J. Ellis, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Regimental Sergeant-Major

1914-15 Star (Capt. L. J. Ellis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. L. J. Ellis.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3045 Sjt. Mjr. L. J. Ellis. Oxford: L./I.) good very fine (4) £180-£220

M.I.D. London Gazette 28 November 1917 (Salonika).

L.S. & G.C. awarded in
Army Order 67 of 1907.

Levi James Ellis died on 24 February 1928. The following obituary appeared in the regimental Chronicle:

‘ELLIS- At the Freemasons’ Nursing Home, Fulham Road, London, on February 24th, 1928, after an operation, ex-R.S.M. L. J. Ellis.
He enlisted in the Regiment in 1888 and served for twenty-five years, twelve years of which he was Warrant Officer, Class I, going to pension in October, 1913. On the outbreak of the late war he rejoined his old Regiment and was posted to the 7th Battalion as Regimental Sergeant-Major, and in January, 1915, promoted Captain and Adjutant of that Battalion, afterwards proceeding with that unit to France and Salonika, from where he was eventually invalided home and detailed for duty at the Record Offices, York, being later transferred to the offices at Hounslow.
On demobilisation he took up an appointment in the offices of the Imperial War Graves Commission, Baker Street, London, where he was employed up to the time of his death.’

Sold with some copied photographs and a quantity of copied research from various regimental histories.