Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant T. W. P. Hawkes, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who served with the 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in North Russia

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. W. P. Hawkes.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, unnamed, together with a Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal (T. W. P. Hawkes July 1923) and two unnamed bronze National Rifle Association medals, very fine (7) £140-£180

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 William Potter Hawkes was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 11 July 1916, and joined “C” Company, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, in France on 22 September 1916. He was wounded on 22 August 1917. He afterwards served as Lieutenant with the 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in the North Russian Expeditionary Force. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.