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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 5
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Three: Captain F. C. W. Wynter, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the battle of Ctesiphon on 22 November 1915 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. C. W. Wynter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20, this erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. F. C. W. Wynter.) very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Francis Constantine William Wynter was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, in 1888 and was educated at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 19 May 1911, he became Staff Officer G.S.O.III in the Indian Expeditionary Force, as Censor at Basra, in December 1914, before rejoining his regiment in May 1915. Promoted Captain on 27 October 1915, he was serving as Battalion Transport Officer when he was instantly killed at Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia on 22 November 1915, while leading his Company against the Turks. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. He is also commemorated on the War Memorials at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford, and is included in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
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Three: Captain F. C. W. Wynter, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the battle of Ctesiphon on 22 November 1915 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. C. W. Wynter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20, this erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. F. C. W. Wynter.) very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Francis Constantine William Wynter was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, in 1888 and was educated at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 19 May 1911, he became Staff Officer G.S.O.III in the Indian Expeditionary Force, as Censor at Basra, in December 1914, before rejoining his regiment in May 1915. Promoted Captain on 27 October 1915, he was serving as Battalion Transport Officer when he was instantly killed at Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia on 22 November 1915, while leading his Company against the Turks. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. He is also commemorated on the War Memorials at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford, and is included in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
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