Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Winfield, 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (16342 Pte. J. Winfield. Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16342 Pte. J. Winfield. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (3) £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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John Winfield, a native of Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, was born in 1894 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 17 November 1914. He served with the 8th (Pioneer) Battalion during the Great War in France and Salonika, and was discharged on transfer to the Army Reserve on 30 May 1919. His conduct on discharge was described as follows: ‘During the whole of his four and a half years service Private Winfield has been one of the finest men in the battalion. His reliability and efficiency and example to his fellow soldiers has been most marked. His conduct and Character have always been excellent.’

Sold together with the recipient’s two original fibre identification-tags, several original photographic postcards of the recipient in uniform, two of which identify him and his brother, and a larger group photograph with civilians taken in 1919, presumed to have been taken in Salonika; the recipient’s original Protection Certificate (Army Form E.11), his Certificate of Employment During the War (Army Form Z.18), together with his brothers Certificate on Transfer to Reserve (Army Form Z.21), Soldiers Demobilisation Account (Army Form W.5065), and Certificate of Employment During the War, (Army Form Z.18) and a white metal Light Infantry cap badge, converted to a pin badge.