On this day 14th August
1857 – 52nd – took part in Siege of Delhi (Indian Mutiny).
1914 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI disembarked at Boulogne.
1919 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – CORK, IRELAND
Lieut. G. Kirk took over duties of Ammunition Officer.
Plain clothes allowed to be worn out of barracks by officers and warrant officers.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – LE MESNIL. Normandy
No.8 (MMG) Pl carried out an indirect fire shoot on to suspected enemy res posns and rest areas.
The enemy reacted by mortaring the Dutchmen on our left.
The Mortar Pl put down harassing fire on to the enemy rear areas as well as the usual Bde counter-mortar concs.
1944 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – OUISTREHAM -Normandy
AM - Normal routine. No infm can be obtained as to the likelihood of further drafts in the near future. 'A' Coy move in with 'D' Coy.
PM - Shelling commences again.
No damage or casualties.
Mortar bomb causes damage in Carrier Pl area.
Landed close to 2IC Pl and 2 Sjts. One Sjt (L/S Smith R.) committed to hospital, other two minor wounds, remain with Bn on duty.
2350 - Notified by 1 Corps that Bn is to move to CRESSERONS Map ref 042793.
1857 – 52nd – took part in Siege of Delhi (Indian Mutiny).
1914 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI disembarked at Boulogne.
1919 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – CORK, IRELAND
Lieut. G. Kirk took over duties of Ammunition Officer.
Plain clothes allowed to be worn out of barracks by officers and warrant officers.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – LE MESNIL. Normandy
No.8 (MMG) Pl carried out an indirect fire shoot on to suspected enemy res posns and rest areas.
The enemy reacted by mortaring the Dutchmen on our left.
The Mortar Pl put down harassing fire on to the enemy rear areas as well as the usual Bde counter-mortar concs.
1944 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – OUISTREHAM -Normandy
AM - Normal routine. No infm can be obtained as to the likelihood of further drafts in the near future. 'A' Coy move in with 'D' Coy.
PM - Shelling commences again.
No damage or casualties.
Mortar bomb causes damage in Carrier Pl area.
Landed close to 2IC Pl and 2 Sjts. One Sjt (L/S Smith R.) committed to hospital, other two minor wounds, remain with Bn on duty.
2350 - Notified by 1 Corps that Bn is to move to CRESSERONS Map ref 042793.
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