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Three: Private B. C. Mobley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (16877 Pte. B. C. Mobley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16877 Pte. B. C. Mobley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private G. Mobley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (4957 Pte. G. Mobley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (5) £80-£120

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 C. Mobley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He subsequently served in the Army Service Corps, with service No. M/279272, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 23 April 1919.

George Mobley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford and served with the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 16 August 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium.