Auction Catalogue

7 December 2022

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№ 221

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7 December 2022

Hammer Price:
£100

Pair: Colour Sergeant S. G. Freudemacher, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (3145 C. Sjt. S. G. Freudemacker [sic]. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Sergeant W. H. Cresswell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (13262 Sjt. W. H. Cresswell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

1914-15 Star (2) (10000 Pte. G. H. Berry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 18268 Pte. H. J. Jerham. Oxf & Bucks: L.I.) very fine (6) £80-£100

Sydney G. Freudmacher attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served with the 2/4th Battalion on the Western Front. He is briefly mentioned in The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for his excellent organisation in the chapter Turning of the Tide - August 1918.
Sold together with copy extract of
The National Union of Teachers War Record 1914-1919, which notes the recipient as a member of their Deptford and Greenwich Association.

William H. Cresswell attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served with the 7th Battalion on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. Appointed Sergeant, he saw later service attached to the King’s African Rifles.

George H. Berry attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 24 November 1914. He saw later service with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and the Wiltshire Regiment.

Herbert J. Jerham attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served with the 7th Battalion on the Western Front from 21 September 1915.