Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal R. Harding, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 19 July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (2191 Cpl. R. Harding. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) BWM officially renamed; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2191 Cpl. R. Harding. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with regimental cap badge, very fine (3) £200-£240

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

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Reginald Harding was the son of Mrs L. Harding of 28 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He served during the Great War with the 2/4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action, aged 18, on the Western Front, 19 July 1916.

Corporal Harding is buried in the Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France.