Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal F. W. Collens, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (19734 Cpl. F. W. Collens. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine

Pair: Private E. Brightman, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (22565 Pte. E. Brightman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private A. E. Brooks, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in Salonika on 9 May 1917
British War and Victory Medals (23803 Pte. A. E. Brooks. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine

Pair: Private S. G. Hunt, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (266665 Pte. S. G. Hunt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good 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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Frederick William Collens, a native of Islington, London, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 18 September 1915, and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 January 1916. He later transferred to 2nd Battalion, and was wounded on 8 September 1918. He was discharged on 9 April 1919.

Edward Brightman, a native of Great Linford, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 4 February 1916, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 July 1916. He subsequently transferred to the 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and was demobilised on 11 March 1919.

Albert Edward Brooks was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika, and was killed in action on 9 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial, Greece.

Stanley George Hunt attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He suffered a gun shot wound to the right thigh on 8 September 1917, and subsequently transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment.