Auction Catalogue

12 October 2022

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Lot

№ 198

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12 October 2022

Hammer Price:
£85

Pair: Corporal C. Moore, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (23725 Cpl. C. Moore. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine

1914-15 Star (2) (9112 Pte. H. A. Long. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I., 3342 Pte. J. Lowe. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) contact marks, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100

Cyril Moore attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War. Appointed Corporal, he later transferred to the Army Service Corps on 14 November 1917.

Harold A. Long attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion in the Asiatic theatre from 5 December 1914. He was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 August 1917) for devotion to duty during the Mesopotamian campaign and was later appointed Acting Sergeant.

John Randolph Sherbrooke Lowe attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was killed in action on 13 August 1916 and is buried in the Pozieres Military Cemetery, France.