Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. T. Mills, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front during the First Battle of Ypres on 22 October 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (8060 Pte. H. T. Mills, 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8060 Pte. H. T. Mills. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (3) £240-£280

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 Thomas Mills proceeded to France with the 2nd Battalion on 14 August 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres on 22 October 1914, aged 31. He was the son of Henry Mills, of The Newcastle Arms Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey, and is commemorated by name on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.