Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal H. E. Long, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at Pozieres on 23 July 1916

1914-15 Star (2622 Pte. H. E. Long. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2622 Pte. H. E. Long. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert Edward Long) extremely fine (4) £100-£140

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

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Herbert Edward Long served with the 1/4th Battalion in France from 29 March 1915, and was killed in action at Pozieres (Sickle Trench) on 23 July 1916. He was the son of Henry Long, of Witney, Oxon, and is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial.