Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Warrant Officer Class II H. G. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (14469 Sjt. H. J. [sic] Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14469 W.O. Cl. 2 H. G. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Three: Corporal G. B. Adams, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (3048 Cpl. G. B. Adams. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3048 Cpl. G. B. Adams. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine (6) £120-£160

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

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Herbert George Smith was born in Cowley, Oxford, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and later in Salonika. He died of malaria in Salonika on 9 April 1918, and is buried at Mikra British Cemetery Salonika.

George B. Adams attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915.