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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 405

Family Group:
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (2) (41 Pte. C.H. Ochley [sic], Sen. Somerset E. T.G.; 13 Serjt: O.C. Ochley [sic]. Somerset E. T.G.), good very fine

Three: Lieutenant C.E. Oehley, Royal Naval Reserve
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; War Medal, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, all privately named 'Charles Edward Oehley Lieut. R.N.R. 18th April 1941', very fine, together with the ribands for the War Medal and Africa Service Medal awarded to Private A. Oehley, South African Forces, with named enclosure document (5)

41 Private Charles H. Oehley, served during the Boer War with the Somerset East Town Guard; entitled to 'South Africa 1901' clasp for service with Nesbitt's Horse.

13 Sergeant Oliver Charles Oehley, the son of Private Charles H. Oehley, served alongside his father during the Boer War with the Somerset East Town Guard. Approximately 186 medals awarded to the Somerset East Town Guard.

M.I.D. London Gazette 29.7.1941 Lieutenant Charles Edward Oehley, R.N.R.
'For courage, skill and devotion to duty in operations off the Libyan Coast.'

Lieutenant Charles Edward Oehley, born 1913, the son of Sergeant Oliver Charles Oehley; served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Fiona (convoy service ship); killed in action when the Fiona was bombed by German aircraft off Sidi Barani, North Africa, 18.4.1941, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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