Auction Catalogue

23 March 2022

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№ 194

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£600

Five: Private J. Oakley, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the Battle of Frezenberg on 10 May 1915

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6809 Pte. J. Oakley, Hampshire Regt); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (5809 Pte. J. Oakley, 1st. Hamp. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5809 Pte. J. Oakley (1/ Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (5809 Pte. J. Oakley, Hamps. R.) slight scratches and some edge knocks to the QSA and AGS, otherwise generally very fine (5) £300-£400

James Oakley, from Cutpound, Hampshire, was born in Alton and enlisted at Winchester. After seeing earlier service in the Boer War and the Somaliland 1902-04 campaign, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 September 1914, and was killed in action on 10 May 1915 during the Battle of Frezenberg, an action of the Second Battle of Ypres. He is buried in Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium.