Click On this day 3rd December
1799 – 52nd – War Office authority to raise for the first time a 2nd Battalion for the 52nd.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – BOIS DE VILLERS.
Nothing of importance occurred.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – MAGLIO.
Battalion Cross Country race in Afternoon – 60 competitors, Coys each running teams of 12 Men – HQ & Transport ran as one Coy & Won easily – SGT PLUMRIDGE (C Coy) 1st man in.
Prizes – 150 litres Beer to winning Coy – Silver cigarette case to 1st man in.
Ration Strength: 21 Officers 665 OR. Casualties: 1 Officer & 3 OR to Hospital.
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1799 – 52nd – War Office authority to raise for the first time a 2nd Battalion for the 52nd.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – BOIS DE VILLERS.
Nothing of importance occurred.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – MAGLIO.
Battalion Cross Country race in Afternoon – 60 competitors, Coys each running teams of 12 Men – HQ & Transport ran as one Coy & Won easily – SGT PLUMRIDGE (C Coy) 1st man in.
Prizes – 150 litres Beer to winning Coy – Silver cigarette case to 1st man in.
Ration Strength: 21 Officers 665 OR. Casualties: 1 Officer & 3 OR to Hospital.
here to edit.
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