On this day 6th April
1812 - 43rd and 52nd - Storming of Badajoz - 43rd and 52nd engaged (Peninsula)
1916 - Provisional Bn (Later 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI) - at the first attack on Sanna-y-at; casualties, 12 Officers and 250 men.(Mesopotamia)
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI –LE SOUICH – GOUY-EN-TERNOIS.
The regiment marched from LE SOUICH via IVERGNY – BEAUDRICOURT – ETREE – WAMIN – MAGNICOURT-SUR-CANCHE to GOUY-EN-TERNOIS, there it was understood, to remain for a week.
Posting 2/Lt E K Blythe to D Company previously attached thereto and in Hospital.
94th Reinforcement – 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, 6 Lance Corporals and 52 Privates (Total 62 Other Ranks) Joined from Base.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – S URBANO VIGO MONTE DI SOVIZZO.
Working Party of 1 Officer & 50 OR sent to POJANA STA for work there till further Orders.
All B Coy fired a grouping & Rapid practise on 150 yard range.
Ration Strength: 38 Officers 615 OR. Casualties: NIL.
1918 – 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – MERICOURT
At Mericourt. Reorganizing the Battalion.
Captain G. K. Rose, M.C., joined for duty and assumed temporary command of the Battalion.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
Eventually C and D Companies started the attack at 0500 hrs. behind a series of artillery concentrations. They were met by intense but extraordinarily inaccurate small-arms fire, and by first light had established themselves on their objectives, and A and B Companies had advanced through and beyond. "Never," said the officer commanding B Company, "had so many bullets been fired with so little effect"—surprising, since the opposition were officers and N.C.Os. from a training school.
During the afternoon the 1st East Lancashire Regiment passed through the Regiment and continued to drive the enemy towards the Ems—Weser Canal.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Wietersheim
0700 - "A" Coy attacked a position containing 6 Heavy Flak guns on railway mountings at 862163. C Coy came across, also the remainder of the transport. C Coy took position around road junction 836165. The day generally was quiet, except for occasional ineffective fire from an SP gun. During the night A & D Coy's reported hearing enemy movement including tracked vehicles to the East. Mortars and artillery engaged DF Tasks. Patrols made no contact.
1812 - 43rd and 52nd - Storming of Badajoz - 43rd and 52nd engaged (Peninsula)
1916 - Provisional Bn (Later 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI) - at the first attack on Sanna-y-at; casualties, 12 Officers and 250 men.(Mesopotamia)
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI –LE SOUICH – GOUY-EN-TERNOIS.
The regiment marched from LE SOUICH via IVERGNY – BEAUDRICOURT – ETREE – WAMIN – MAGNICOURT-SUR-CANCHE to GOUY-EN-TERNOIS, there it was understood, to remain for a week.
Posting 2/Lt E K Blythe to D Company previously attached thereto and in Hospital.
94th Reinforcement – 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, 6 Lance Corporals and 52 Privates (Total 62 Other Ranks) Joined from Base.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – S URBANO VIGO MONTE DI SOVIZZO.
Working Party of 1 Officer & 50 OR sent to POJANA STA for work there till further Orders.
All B Coy fired a grouping & Rapid practise on 150 yard range.
Ration Strength: 38 Officers 615 OR. Casualties: NIL.
1918 – 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – MERICOURT
At Mericourt. Reorganizing the Battalion.
Captain G. K. Rose, M.C., joined for duty and assumed temporary command of the Battalion.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
Eventually C and D Companies started the attack at 0500 hrs. behind a series of artillery concentrations. They were met by intense but extraordinarily inaccurate small-arms fire, and by first light had established themselves on their objectives, and A and B Companies had advanced through and beyond. "Never," said the officer commanding B Company, "had so many bullets been fired with so little effect"—surprising, since the opposition were officers and N.C.Os. from a training school.
During the afternoon the 1st East Lancashire Regiment passed through the Regiment and continued to drive the enemy towards the Ems—Weser Canal.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Wietersheim
0700 - "A" Coy attacked a position containing 6 Heavy Flak guns on railway mountings at 862163. C Coy came across, also the remainder of the transport. C Coy took position around road junction 836165. The day generally was quiet, except for occasional ineffective fire from an SP gun. During the night A & D Coy's reported hearing enemy movement including tracked vehicles to the East. Mortars and artillery engaged DF Tasks. Patrols made no contact.
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