Pair: Private B. Angliss, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of disease in the Mesopotamian theatre of war, 1 September 1916

British War and Victory Medals (22269 Pte. B. Angliss. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Angliss) generally very fine or better (3) £60-£80

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

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Benjamin Angliss was the son of Mr and Mrs J. M. Angliss of 4 Louth Street, Caversham, Reading. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and died of disease in the Mesopotamian theatre of war, 1 September 1916.

Private Angliss is buried in the Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Sold with a photographic image of recipient in uniform.