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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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№ 236

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3 December 2020

Hammer Price:
£80

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (21113 [A. Sgt.] F. J. A. Ross. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) official corrections and rank mostly erased, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce £50-£70

Frederick J. A. Ross also served as a Corporal with the 8th King’s Royal Rifle Corps with army number 1389. He went to France on 18 May 1915, later serving as a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and on the North West Frontier in 1919, when he was attached to the 2/6th Royal Sussex Regiment. Sold with Medal Index Card details which show entitlement to 1914-15 Star trio.