Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant R. E. D. Hall, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, attached Royal Air Force

1914-15 Star (2979 Pte. R. E. Hall, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. E. Hall.) ‘2’ erased from rank on both BWM and VM, otherwise good very fine (3) £70-£90

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

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Reginald Ernest Dugdale Hall attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 4 November 1915, and was advanced temporary Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. In the June 1916 Army List he is noted as serving with 9th (Reserve) Battalion, O.B.L.I. He was attached to the Royal Air Force in August 1918, serving with No. 50 Cadet Wing, before reverting to the 3rd Battalion, O.B.L.I. on 28 February 1919. He died at Upminster, Essex, on 29 December 1970.