Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (2873 Pte. J. Bonham. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 5554 Pte. A. C. Crapper. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 27132 Pte. W. Flute. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 9361 Pte. R. A. Sheppard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 3796 Pte. J. Todd. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruise to Todd medal, some scratches, otherwise very fine (5) £80-£100

James Bonham, from Derby, attested in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He was killed in action whilst serving with the 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion on 27 August 1917 and is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium.

Alfred C. Crapper, from Summertown, Oxford, attested in Oxford for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He was killed in action whilst serving with the 2/4th Battalion on 11 March 1917 and is buried in Bray Military Cemetery, France.

Walter Flute was born in Turvey, Bedfordshire, and enlisted at Bletchley, Buckinghamshire for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He later transferred to the South Wales Borderers and was killed in action whilst serving with the 2/4th Battalion on 11 April 1918 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

Robert Augustus Sheppard was born in Dublin, Ireland. He attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as a Bandsman and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion from 14 August 1914. A member of D Company, he was one of eight men to be killed in action on 12 November 1914, by a shell and either Nonne Boschen Wood or Polygon Wood. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

John Todd attested in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He was killed in action whilst serving with the 2/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion on 22 August 1917 and is commemorated on the Tune Cot Memorial, Belgium.