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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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№ 51

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21 July 2021

Hammer Price:
£420

Pair: Lance Corporal W. F. Burton, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at Arras on 9 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (22634 Pte. W. F. Burton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Wilfred Frank Burton); Memorial Scroll, ‘L/Cpl. Wilfred Frank Burton Oxf. and Bucks. L.I.’, plaque with small hole neatly drilled at top, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £180-£220

Wilfred Frank Burton, a native of Burford, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action at Arras on 9 April 1917 and is buried at Tilloy British Cemetery, France.

Sold together with the recipient’s cap badge and shoulder titles.