Lot 508
AN OXFORD LI & OX & BUCKS PAIR,
A three bar Queens South Africa Medal with bars Orange Free State and Transvaal also South Africa 1902, named to 5043 Pte J Proberts Oxford L I. A George V army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal named to 5043 Pte J Proberts Oxf & Bucks L I.
Joseph Proberts enlisted in the 1st Battalion Oxford Light Infantry in 1895. It was with this battalion he was awarded the QSA and bars.
Proceeding to France on the 14th August 1914, with the 2nd Ox & Bucks LI.
Entitled to a 1914 Star & Bar, British War & Victory Medals, despatched in 1921 to the Boars Head, Ardington, Wantage, Bucks.
He received a Silver War Badge 89236 and a discharge (sickness) in April (6th) 1915.
