Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lance Sergeant A. E. Calcutt, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; with with two sports medals, one named ‘Pte A. Calcutt’, good very fine

Four: Attributed to Corporal F. J. Boyce, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 4 January 1945
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with O.B.L.I. shoulder titles, a cap badge, and a numbered Balliol Boys’ Club lapel badge, good very fine

Four: Private P. Wyatt, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was wounded in Europe while serving with the Airborne Division
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, a sports medal and a cap badge, good very fine

Three: Sergeant L. W. Strange, 4th Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died at home on 4 January 1945
1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure ‘Sgt. L. W. Strange’, good very fine (15) £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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Aubrey Edgar Calcutt was born on 27 April 1920 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 27 June 1940.
Sold with photographs and release book.

Frederick James Boyce served in the 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action on 4 January 1945. He is buried at Hotton War Cemetery.

Peter Wyatt, ‘Airborne Division, the 21-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Wyatt... has been wounded while serving on the Western Front. Before joining the Army two years ago he was employed by the Co-operative Society, Oxford.’ (contemporary newspaper cutting included with lot refers).

Leslie William Strange lived at 50 Charles Street, Oxford. He died on 4 January 1945, aged 26, and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Oxford.