On this day 10th August
1804 – 43rd - 2nd Bn, 43rd raised.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – HUMBERCAMP & LA CAUCHIE.
Cleaning up and bathing.
Very hot.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – KABERLABA.
Fairly Quiet Day.
Patrols sent out by all three Coys at Night.
CODA SPUR, POST SPUR were visited-No signs of enemy.
Ration Strength: 24 Officers 590 OR. Casualties: NIL.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – LE MESNIL. Normandy
Lt. D.B. Fox was wounded this morning while out on a recce patrol. One member of the patrol stepped on an 'S' mine just outside an enemy post, killing himself and wounding Lt. Fox and the other member of the patrol. Enemy mortars and arty active between 1200 hrs and 2100 hrs, otherwise an uneventful day.
1944 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – OUISTREHAM -Normandy
0210 - FCP reports that two black objects out to sea north of harbour.
0220 - Black objects on being fired upon turned and made off seawards.
0230 - Two more rockets fired, aimed at area of FCP where Bofors was firing. No damage.
0500 - Our own arty fired spasmodically throughout the night.
PM - Normal routine.
1950 - 'D' Coy returned to normal location in res area at OUISTREHAM. Take over YORK BRIDGES over R ORNE.
1956 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd)
The Regiment sailed from Southampton in H.M.T. Dilwara bound for Cyprus in company with the Suffolk Regiment.
1804 – 43rd - 2nd Bn, 43rd raised.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – HUMBERCAMP & LA CAUCHIE.
Cleaning up and bathing.
Very hot.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – KABERLABA.
Fairly Quiet Day.
Patrols sent out by all three Coys at Night.
CODA SPUR, POST SPUR were visited-No signs of enemy.
Ration Strength: 24 Officers 590 OR. Casualties: NIL.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – LE MESNIL. Normandy
Lt. D.B. Fox was wounded this morning while out on a recce patrol. One member of the patrol stepped on an 'S' mine just outside an enemy post, killing himself and wounding Lt. Fox and the other member of the patrol. Enemy mortars and arty active between 1200 hrs and 2100 hrs, otherwise an uneventful day.
1944 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – OUISTREHAM -Normandy
0210 - FCP reports that two black objects out to sea north of harbour.
0220 - Black objects on being fired upon turned and made off seawards.
0230 - Two more rockets fired, aimed at area of FCP where Bofors was firing. No damage.
0500 - Our own arty fired spasmodically throughout the night.
PM - Normal routine.
1950 - 'D' Coy returned to normal location in res area at OUISTREHAM. Take over YORK BRIDGES over R ORNE.
1956 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd)
The Regiment sailed from Southampton in H.M.T. Dilwara bound for Cyprus in company with the Suffolk Regiment.
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