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21 July 2021

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№ 32

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21 July 2021

Hammer Price:
£750

A scarce Great War ‘Italian theatre’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. S. Newton, 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (599 L. Cpl. W. S. Newton, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (599 Sjt. W. S. Newton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (265038 Sjt. S. W. Newton 1/Bucks. Bn: Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (235038 Sjt: S. W. Newton. Bucks: Bn: Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) with Buckinghamshire Battalion cap badge, generally very fine or better (5) £180-£220

M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919 (Italy).

M.I.D.
London Gazette 30 May 1918 (Italy).

William S. Newton served during the Great War with the 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the French theatre of war from 30 March 1915. He advanced to Sergeant, and moved with the Battalion for service in Italy.