Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. W. Astill, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 29 June 1915
1914-15 Star (10744 Pte. N. [sic] W. Astill, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10744 Pte. H. W. Astill. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private J. H. Cross, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Durham Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (3.8885 Pte. J. H. Gross [sic], Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3-8885 J. H. Cross. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (6) £80-£100

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 William Astill was born at Hillmorton, Warwickshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Rugby. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and died of wounds on 29 June 1915. He is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France. In civilian life he had been an employee of the London and North Western Railway Company, employed as a greaser at the wagon depot at Rugby.

Joseph Henry Cross attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 22 August 1914 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He later transferred to the 3rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, and was re-numbered 75224. He was discharged on 20 September 1918, at the age of 44, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B19174.