Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 6

Six: Acting Colour Sergeant E. Hazell, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was wounded at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 February 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Transvaal (5471. Pte. E. Hazell. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5471 Pte. E. Hazell. Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (5471 Sjt. E. Hazell. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5471 Sjt. E. Hazell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5471 Sjt. E. Hazell. O. & B. L.I.) contact marks to the Boer War pair, otherwise very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Edward William Hazell was born at Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1879 and attested there for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 14 July 1897, having previously served in the Militia. He served with the 1st Battalion in the South Africa during the Boer War, and trained for Mounted Infantry duties. He was wounded at the Battle of Paardeberg, on 18 February 1900. In 1904 he elected to extend his period of engagement and was appointed to be Bugler in the 2nd Battalion on 21 January 1904. He was promoted Corporal in 1908, and Sergeant in October 1913. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of War from 5 December 1914, but soon after contracted malaria at Basra in 1915 and was transferred sick to India. In December 1915 he was appointed to the Indian Depot, O.B.L.I., and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 55 of 1917, before returning to the 1st Battalion as an Acting Company Sergeant Major on 1 December 1917. He was discharged on termination of his second period of engagement in June 1919, after 21 years and 326 days’ service.