Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private William Neal, 1st Battalion, late 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died in the Persian Gulf on 6 June 1915, when the battalion was ravaged by fever, dysentery and paratyphoid at Amara

1914-15 Star (5372 Pte. W. Neal. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5372 Pte. W. Neal. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William Neal) 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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William Neal was born at St Barnabas, Oxford, and enlisted at Oxford into the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, with whom he served in the Asiatic theatre of war from 4 December 1914. He died on 6 June 1915, when the battalion was garrisoned at Amara in extreme heat and ravaged by fever, dysentery and paratyphoid. He was the son of William Neal, of Great Clarendon Street, St Barnabas, Oxford, and is commemorated by name on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.