Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private S. Bateman, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert on 16 May 1915
1914-15 Star (8557 Pte. S. Bateman. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8557 Pte. S. Bateman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine

Three: Private A. Pearce, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (17691 Pte. A. Pearce. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17691 Pte. A. Pearce. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) 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.

View
Collection

Sidney Bateman was born at Walton in 1893 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue during the Battle of Festubert on 16 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.

Alfred Pearce attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 30 January 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915. He later served with the Labour Corps and was discharged due to wounds on 18 January 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B.104058.