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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 5
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Three: Lieutenant C. A. Barran, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was severely wounded at Givenchy in April 1916, and subsequently served with the Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. A. Barran. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. A. Barran) light polishing, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Colin Adair Barran was born at Totnes, Devon, on 21 October 1895. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 23 January 1914, and was promoted Lieutenant on 17 May 1915. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 May 1915 and was severely wounded by gun shot to the leg at Givenchy in April 1916. Deemed permanently unfit for General Service he was posted to the Royal Flying Corps on 20 November 1916, to be assistant to Officer in Charge of Records, with the rank of Acting Captain. He ceased duties with the Royal Flying Corps on 14 February 1918 and retired from the Army on account of ill health caused by wounds on 30 July 1918, retaining the rank of Captain. He died at Minehead, Somerset in 1964.
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Three: Lieutenant C. A. Barran, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was severely wounded at Givenchy in April 1916, and subsequently served with the Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. A. Barran. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. A. Barran) light polishing, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Colin Adair Barran was born at Totnes, Devon, on 21 October 1895. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 23 January 1914, and was promoted Lieutenant on 17 May 1915. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 May 1915 and was severely wounded by gun shot to the leg at Givenchy in April 1916. Deemed permanently unfit for General Service he was posted to the Royal Flying Corps on 20 November 1916, to be assistant to Officer in Charge of Records, with the rank of Acting Captain. He ceased duties with the Royal Flying Corps on 14 February 1918 and retired from the Army on account of ill health caused by wounds on 30 July 1918, retaining the rank of Captain. He died at Minehead, Somerset in 1964.
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