Auction Catalogue

12 October 2022

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Lot

№ 200

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12 October 2022

Hammer Price:
£160

Pair: Private J. Longland, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (23808 Pte. J. Longland. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine

Pair: Private L. Oakley, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (235084 Pte. L. Oakley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine

1914-15 Star (13351 Pte. R. P. Parker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (22963 Pte. P. G. Woodley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine (6) £120-£160

Joseph Longland attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion on the Western Front during the Great War. He later transferred to the 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, with whom he was killed in action on 2 April 1917. He is buried in Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Leonard Oakley was born in Tring, Hertfordshire and lived in Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. He attested for the Oxfordshire Yeomanry for service during the Great War and later transferred to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, with whom he served on the Western Front. He was killed in action, aged 28, with the 5th Battalion on 27 September 1917 and is buried in Westhof Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Robert Parker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 3 September 1914 and served during the Great War in Salonika where he was hospitalised with shell shock on 27 September 1916. He later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 24 March 1918, a week before it was amalgamated into the Royal Air Force. He died of influenza on 10 December 1918 and is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Sold with copy service record.

Percival Charles Woodley was born in St. Ebbes, Oxford and resided in Cassington, Oxfordshire. He attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front during the Great War. He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, with whom he was killed in action on 9 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.