Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal C. Knight, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (18827 L. Cpl. C. Knight. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18827 Pte. C. Knight. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘29547’, good very fine

Three: Private W. Robinson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (9004 Pte. W. Robinson, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9004 Pte. W. Robinson. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.) traces of verdigris to VM, minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine (7) £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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Cecil Knight attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 31 May 1915 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged due to wounds on 28 February 1917, and received a Silver War Badge.

William Robinson was born at Watlington, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1908. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and later transferred to 2nd Garrison Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was demobilised in 1920.