Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Binks, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914 Star, with copy clasp (5732 Pte. J. Binks. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5732 Pte. J. Binks. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (3) £80-£100

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

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Joseph Binks was born at Leeds in 1879 and attested there for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 17 August 1898, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He served in India from 1899 to 1906, and then with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 November 1914. He was discharged on the termination of his engagement, plus a period of 12 months, on 16 August 1915.