On this day 30th August
1812 - The Light Division engaged at the passage of the Bidassoa.
1914 – Retreat from Mons – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI-
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI - .
Company Training.
The following Officers arrived and were attached to companies as shown against their names.
Lt L S Dowson (Reception Camp)
Lt A H B Brooke – B Coy
Lt A Cockshut – D coy
Lt H E Wells – C Coy
2/Lt C H Sheppard – A Coy.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion GRANEZZA.
All Coys carried out Platoon Tactical Exercises in the Morning.
Ration Strength: 20 Officers 511 OR. Casualties: 3 OR to Hospital – Sick.
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FOULBEC -Normandy:-
The day has been spent in returning all non-airborne arms and equipment to Ordnance, as we have been ordered to take nothing but personal or special airborne equipment back to England.
1812 - The Light Division engaged at the passage of the Bidassoa.
1914 – Retreat from Mons – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI-
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI - .
Company Training.
The following Officers arrived and were attached to companies as shown against their names.
Lt L S Dowson (Reception Camp)
Lt A H B Brooke – B Coy
Lt A Cockshut – D coy
Lt H E Wells – C Coy
2/Lt C H Sheppard – A Coy.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion GRANEZZA.
All Coys carried out Platoon Tactical Exercises in the Morning.
Ration Strength: 20 Officers 511 OR. Casualties: 3 OR to Hospital – Sick.
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FOULBEC -Normandy:-
The day has been spent in returning all non-airborne arms and equipment to Ordnance, as we have been ordered to take nothing but personal or special airborne equipment back to England.
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