Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

Three: Private F. Coventry, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Somme on 14 August 1916
1914-15 Star (3592 Pte. F. Coventry, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3592. Pte. F. Coventry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine

Three: Private A. Dudley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (8829 Pte. A. Dudley, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8829 Pte. A. Dudley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) small verdigris patch to Star, otherwise 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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Frank Coventry, a native of Harlington, Middlesex, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was killed in action during the battle of the Somme, in the front line north east of Ovillers, on 14 August 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Albert Dudley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 November 1914. He later transferred to the Royal Engineers.