Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant W. J. Smith, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 March 1918

British War and Victory Medals (5431 Sjt. W. J. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William James Smith); together with a small black Bakelite crucifix pendant hand engraved ‘R.I.P. W. Smith 24 March 1918’, nearly extremely 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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William James Smith was born at Bampton, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 24 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.