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Three: Acting Sergeant A. J. Wright, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps1914-15 Star (11771 Cpl. A. J. Wright. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (11771 Cpl. A. J. Wright. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fineThree: Private F. A. Orpin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 September 19161914-15 Star (17926 Pte. F. A. Orpin. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17926 Pte. F. A. Orpin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (6) £120-£160---Alfred James Wright attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 June 1915. He later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, with the acting rank of Sergeant, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 22 February 1919. Frederick Arthur Orpin was born at Westminster and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Wokingham, Berkshire. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 September 1915, and was posted missing, presumed killed in action, on 3 September 1916. He is buried at Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
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Three: Acting Sergeant A. J. Wright, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps1914-15 Star (11771 Cpl. A. J. Wright. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (11771 Cpl. A. J. Wright. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fineThree: Private F. A. Orpin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 September 19161914-15 Star (17926 Pte. F. A. Orpin. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17926 Pte. F. A. Orpin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (6) £120-£160---Alfred James Wright attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 June 1915. He later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, with the acting rank of Sergeant, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 22 February 1919. Frederick Arthur Orpin was born at Westminster and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Wokingham, Berkshire. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 September 1915, and was posted missing, presumed killed in action, on 3 September 1916. He is buried at Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
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