On this day 27th April
1810 – 43rd and 52nd - Light Division – marched to Almeida. (Peninsula)
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI.
Promotions to be Lieutenant:-
2Lt E K Blyth – 27.4.18.
2Lt D C Colvill – 27.4.18.
2Lt WA F Bailey (missing) – 27.4.18.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – GRANEZZA.
Divisional Reserve.
2 Coys on Working Parties, 2 Coys making Gas Tracks up the mountain from the Camp, 3 Coys and HQers had baths and change of clothing during the day.
Ration Strength: 36 Officers 749 OR. Casualties: NIL.
1918 - 5th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI -reduced to cadre.
The Battalion was split up. Officers and men for drafting entrained at Berguette, for Etaples. at 4.30 p.m.
The following are left to form a staff for training Americans: Majors Barwell and Cooke, Captains Wetherall, King, Symonds, and Stace, Lieut. Addington, 2nd Lieut. McKechnie, Captain Peel, Lieut, and Quartermaster Toplis, 2nd Lieut. Vaughan; also 49 other ranks, composed of N.C.O. instructors, C.S.M.'s, C.Q.M.S.'s, etc.
It is hoped that, after a lapse of a few months, when sufficient drafts have been collected, the Battalion and also the Division will be reformed.
The following have gone to the Base: Captain E. F. V. Deyns, Lieut. W. H. Thomas, 2nd Lieuts. H. E. Wells, A. G. Bowen, and W. A. F. Hearne.
1943 – 7th Oxf & Bucks LI arrived in TUNISIA
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
Halted in Guyhum.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Ebsdorf
Weather has broken.
Training continues.
Warning received that Recce parties will be sent to area of LUNEBERG tomorrow.
1810 – 43rd and 52nd - Light Division – marched to Almeida. (Peninsula)
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI.
Promotions to be Lieutenant:-
2Lt E K Blyth – 27.4.18.
2Lt D C Colvill – 27.4.18.
2Lt WA F Bailey (missing) – 27.4.18.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – GRANEZZA.
Divisional Reserve.
2 Coys on Working Parties, 2 Coys making Gas Tracks up the mountain from the Camp, 3 Coys and HQers had baths and change of clothing during the day.
Ration Strength: 36 Officers 749 OR. Casualties: NIL.
1918 - 5th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI -reduced to cadre.
The Battalion was split up. Officers and men for drafting entrained at Berguette, for Etaples. at 4.30 p.m.
The following are left to form a staff for training Americans: Majors Barwell and Cooke, Captains Wetherall, King, Symonds, and Stace, Lieut. Addington, 2nd Lieut. McKechnie, Captain Peel, Lieut, and Quartermaster Toplis, 2nd Lieut. Vaughan; also 49 other ranks, composed of N.C.O. instructors, C.S.M.'s, C.Q.M.S.'s, etc.
It is hoped that, after a lapse of a few months, when sufficient drafts have been collected, the Battalion and also the Division will be reformed.
The following have gone to the Base: Captain E. F. V. Deyns, Lieut. W. H. Thomas, 2nd Lieuts. H. E. Wells, A. G. Bowen, and W. A. F. Hearne.
1943 – 7th Oxf & Bucks LI arrived in TUNISIA
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
Halted in Guyhum.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Ebsdorf
Weather has broken.
Training continues.
Warning received that Recce parties will be sent to area of LUNEBERG tomorrow.
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