Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of

The Victory Medal awarded to Sergeant W. Stevens, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the Arras Offensive on 28 April 1917Victory Medal 1914-19 (8073 Sjt. W. Stevens. Oxf. &’ Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William Stevens) the reverse of the plaque privately engraved ‘8073. Sgt. William Stevens. 52nd L.I. K-I-A 28th April 1917. Born St. Marys Berks.’; together with Buckingham Palace enclosure, very fine (2) £80-£120---William Stevens was born at St. Marys, Berkshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Caversham. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 December 1915 and was killed in action in the Arras Offensive on 28 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.Sold together with a small press cutting photographic image of the recipient.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk