Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant J. G. Muddle, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who subsequently served as a Band Instructor, Indian Unattached List

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (4446 Pte. J. G. Muddle. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4446 Pte. J. Muddle. Oxford: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4446 Sjt. J. G. Muddle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), suspension post loose and slightly bent on KSA, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £180-£220

James G. Muddle was born at Landport, Portsmouth, and enlisted into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 13 May 1893, as a boy soldier aged 14. He was appointed Bandsman, in 1898 and served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was appointed Band Sergeant in November 1907, and was posted to India to act as Band Sergeant Instructor, at the Lawrence Asylum and School. During the Great War he served in India, as a Band Instructor on the Indian Unattached List. He claimed his discharge on three months notice when serving in India in 1916, and was discharged at Bangalore on 12 June 1916. His British War Medal is his sole medallic entitlement for the Great War.