On this day 27th December
1884 – 1st Bn Oxf LI – Detachments of the 43rd engaged for a second time in the suppression of Moplah outbreak (Southern India).
1917 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – HAPLINCOURT to BARASTRE ROAD.
Bathing.
1917–1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion - S CROCE BIGOLINA.
CO and IO proceeded to RUBBIO to continue reconnaissance of defensive Positions.
A, C & D took part in Bn Training during the Morning.
D & C acting as Rearguard and A as Hostile Advanced Guard.
The following Officers rejoined the Bn from the base:-
2nd LIEUTs FISHER, BROWNE, CURRAM and STOKES.
Ration Strength: 36 officers 877 OR
Casualties 3 OR to hospital – sick
1917 – 7th (S) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – To trenches H SECTOR (Salonika).
1918 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - reached Stommeln (near Cologne).
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Ardennes Offensive
The commanding officer and several officers went over to a party given by the 43rd. Not since the disbandment of the Light Division after Toulouse had the two regiments met on the battlefield.
1944 – Buckinghamshire Battalion – Brussels
On the 27th December we were suddenly ordered to produce a rifle company at full war establishment, plus two sections of armoured cars, to go to Goes in South Beveland, where they would come under No. 4 Special Service Commando. A composite company was organised by choosing the fittest officers and men from A and D Companies.
1884 – 1st Bn Oxf LI – Detachments of the 43rd engaged for a second time in the suppression of Moplah outbreak (Southern India).
1917 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – HAPLINCOURT to BARASTRE ROAD.
Bathing.
1917–1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion - S CROCE BIGOLINA.
CO and IO proceeded to RUBBIO to continue reconnaissance of defensive Positions.
A, C & D took part in Bn Training during the Morning.
D & C acting as Rearguard and A as Hostile Advanced Guard.
The following Officers rejoined the Bn from the base:-
2nd LIEUTs FISHER, BROWNE, CURRAM and STOKES.
Ration Strength: 36 officers 877 OR
Casualties 3 OR to hospital – sick
1917 – 7th (S) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – To trenches H SECTOR (Salonika).
1918 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - reached Stommeln (near Cologne).
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Ardennes Offensive
The commanding officer and several officers went over to a party given by the 43rd. Not since the disbandment of the Light Division after Toulouse had the two regiments met on the battlefield.
1944 – Buckinghamshire Battalion – Brussels
On the 27th December we were suddenly ordered to produce a rifle company at full war establishment, plus two sections of armoured cars, to go to Goes in South Beveland, where they would come under No. 4 Special Service Commando. A composite company was organised by choosing the fittest officers and men from A and D Companies.
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