Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private C. Gibbons, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds at Salonika on 17 May 1917
1914-15 Star (11597 Pte. C. Gibbons. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (11597 Pte. C. Gibbons. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private C. C. Norcott, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 February 1916
1914-15 Star (17625 Pte. C. C. Norcott, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17625 Pte. C. C. Norcott. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Three: Private F. Webster, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (13270 Pte. F. Webster, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20, this erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (13270 Pte. F. Webster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a Regimental Sports Medal, bronze, engraved ‘Recreational Training - Macedonia - March 1918 - 7 (S) Battalion Oxf. & Bucks Lt. Infty, Pte. F. Webster’, very fine (9) £140-£180

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

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Charles Gibbons was born at Kennington, Oxford, and resided at Cowley, Oxford. He attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika. He died of wounds on 17 May 1917, and is buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece.

Charles Cyrus Norcott was born at Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Slough, Buckinghamshire. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 February 1916, aged 17. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Frank Webster attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War. He later served with the Royal Fusiliers and transferred to the Army Reserve on 1 February 1919.