Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

Pair: Private W. J. Holdom, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (3352 Pte. W. J. Holdom. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine

Pair: Private G. Ogborne, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (34729 Pte. G. Ogborne. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising, polished and worn, therefore fine

Pair: Private F. W. C. Paxford, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (202653 Pte. F. W. C. Paxford. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine

Pair: Private W. Whitlock, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (30119 Pte. W. Whitlock. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (8) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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William John Holdom, a native of Winslow, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury and served with the 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 July 1916, aged 33, and is buried at Laventie Military Cemetery, la Gorgue, France.

William Whitlock, a native of Lymington, Hampshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War. He died of wounds on 20 October 1917, aged 19, and is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.