Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private A. Stanley, Royal Munster Fusiliers, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 November 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (20202 Pte. A. Stanley. 2/R. Muns: Fus:) nearly extremely fine £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

Albert Stanley was born at Bodicote, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served initially with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 16 October 1915, before transferring to the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and saw further service with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 7 November 1918, and is buried in Monceau St. Waast Communal Cemetery, France.