Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private S. T. Collett, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 July 1916

1914-15 Star (2868 Pte S. T. Collett. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2868 Pte. S. T. Collett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Sidney Thomas Collett) with two shoulder titles and regimental cap badge, generally good 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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Sidney Thomas Collett was the son of Mr and Mrs E. Collett of 50 Argyle Street, Iffley Road, Oxfordshire. He served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the French theatre of war from 29 March 1915.

Private Collett was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 July 1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.