Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 7

Four: Captain C. H. Sheppard, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Leicestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. H. Sheppard.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine Pair: Lieutenant W. G. Bacon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. G. Bacon) extremely fine Pair: Lieutenant C. M. Banks, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Gloucestershire Regiment and Welsh Regiment, later East Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. M. Banks.) nearly extremely fine (8) £120-£160 --- Charles Horn Sheppard was born on 7 August 1892 and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 January 1917. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 30 January 1918, and served with the 2nd Battalion. He is listed in the October 1944 Army List as Temporary Captain, O.B.L.I., attached Training Establishment R.E.M.E. He died at Bath in 1982. William George Bacon attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served in the ranks before being commissioned Second Lieutenant on 26 September 1916. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 November 1916, and was promoted Lieutenant on 26 March 1918. He relinquished his commission on 30 September 1921. Sold with the recipient’s two red card identity discs, inscribed ‘2 Lt Bacon W G CE 4 Oxf & Bucks’. Cyril Marshall Banks was born in 1894 and was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He attested initially for the Gloucestershire Regiment and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment on 11 July 1915. Subsequently posted to the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he served with them in Mesopotamia from January 1917, and was twice admitted to hospital suffering from jaundice. He was later posted on attachment to the 1st/5th Battalion, East Kent Regiment in the rank of Acting Captain. Sold with original OHMS transmission envelope addressed to the recipient at 92 Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol.