On this day 19th April
1775 – 43rd and 52nd - Combat of Lexington (North America).
1886 – 52nd – Arrived at Bangalore (India) from Egypt.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI.
Inter Company reliefs were carried out.
B Coy relieving A Coy on the Right Front, C Coy relieving D in line Left Front.
The six days tour was quiet and without incident.
T/2/Lt C F Beeson joined for duty.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – GRUMO & CEREDA
Coys practised hill climbing during the Morning.
Ration Strength: 38 Officers 771 OR. Casualties: 2 OR to Hospital.
1918 - 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - Returned to front line, H.Q. at AMUSOIRES.
In the evening the Battalion relieved the 2/5th Glosters, taking over the frontage previously occupied by the Battalion with the exception of farms at Q.19.b.8.6 and Q.20.a.5.8, which had remained in the hands of the enemy after an otherwise unsuccessful attack upon the 2/5th Glosters during the night of April 18th/19th.
Casualties: 1 man killed, 5 wounded.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
The 19th was spent in Dauelsen under command of the Guards Armoured Division, during which there was no fighting.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Katzien
Local patrols report adjacent woods clear of enemy.
A quiet day.
At 1500 hrs Capt. R.A.A. Smith took a fighting patrol of 2 platoons from "B" Coy, to clear the woods between here & POLAU. No enemy were encountered.
1775 – 43rd and 52nd - Combat of Lexington (North America).
1886 – 52nd – Arrived at Bangalore (India) from Egypt.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI.
Inter Company reliefs were carried out.
B Coy relieving A Coy on the Right Front, C Coy relieving D in line Left Front.
The six days tour was quiet and without incident.
T/2/Lt C F Beeson joined for duty.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – GRUMO & CEREDA
Coys practised hill climbing during the Morning.
Ration Strength: 38 Officers 771 OR. Casualties: 2 OR to Hospital.
1918 - 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - Returned to front line, H.Q. at AMUSOIRES.
In the evening the Battalion relieved the 2/5th Glosters, taking over the frontage previously occupied by the Battalion with the exception of farms at Q.19.b.8.6 and Q.20.a.5.8, which had remained in the hands of the enemy after an otherwise unsuccessful attack upon the 2/5th Glosters during the night of April 18th/19th.
Casualties: 1 man killed, 5 wounded.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
The 19th was spent in Dauelsen under command of the Guards Armoured Division, during which there was no fighting.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Katzien
Local patrols report adjacent woods clear of enemy.
A quiet day.
At 1500 hrs Capt. R.A.A. Smith took a fighting patrol of 2 platoons from "B" Coy, to clear the woods between here & POLAU. No enemy were encountered.
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