On this day 3rd April
1811 – 43rd and 52nd - Combat of Sabugal (Peninsula)
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – VARENNES.
The day was quiet, uneventful and fine.
The Regiment was relieved about midnight by the 1/28th (Artists Rifles) London Regiment and withdrew to Varennes.
Acting Captain C H B Slocock died in Hospital at Boulogne of Wounds received on 24.3.18.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – VALPROLO.
Battalion Paraded at 8.30am and marched to S URBANO area.
2 hours halt at 12 noon for dinners. Arrived in Billets 5pm.
Considerable difficulty in getting blanket lorries up the hill.
One man fell out.
Battalion accommodated as follows:
A Coy MONTE DI SOVIZZO
B Coy VIGO
C+D Coys S URBANO
Billets Good.
Ration Strength: 40 Officers 795 OR. Casualties: 10 OR to Hospital-Sick.
1918 - 5th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - To HAMELET and HAMEL.(France)
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
After a, pause at Vreden the 3rd and 4th April were spent in clearing an area north of Gronau (5102) and Ochtrup (6201). No enemy were encountered.
1945- 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – NWE Hasbergen
In the morning we moved on behind the Para Brigades along the road to OSNABRUCK.
1310 - Arrived HASBERGEN where apart from patrolling the woods in search of stragglers we spent a restful evening & night.
1945 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion adopted the “T Force” role.
1811 – 43rd and 52nd - Combat of Sabugal (Peninsula)
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – VARENNES.
The day was quiet, uneventful and fine.
The Regiment was relieved about midnight by the 1/28th (Artists Rifles) London Regiment and withdrew to Varennes.
Acting Captain C H B Slocock died in Hospital at Boulogne of Wounds received on 24.3.18.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – VALPROLO.
Battalion Paraded at 8.30am and marched to S URBANO area.
2 hours halt at 12 noon for dinners. Arrived in Billets 5pm.
Considerable difficulty in getting blanket lorries up the hill.
One man fell out.
Battalion accommodated as follows:
A Coy MONTE DI SOVIZZO
B Coy VIGO
C+D Coys S URBANO
Billets Good.
Ration Strength: 40 Officers 795 OR. Casualties: 10 OR to Hospital-Sick.
1918 - 5th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - To HAMELET and HAMEL.(France)
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
After a, pause at Vreden the 3rd and 4th April were spent in clearing an area north of Gronau (5102) and Ochtrup (6201). No enemy were encountered.
1945- 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – NWE Hasbergen
In the morning we moved on behind the Para Brigades along the road to OSNABRUCK.
1310 - Arrived HASBERGEN where apart from patrolling the woods in search of stragglers we spent a restful evening & night.
1945 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion adopted the “T Force” role.
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