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).
1918 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - reached Stommeln (near Cologne).
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – ROMMERSKIRCHEN.
1020 – The Regiment marched to STOMMELN and spent the remainder of the day settling in. The billets were found to be not quite up to expectation, being scattered, and there was a regrettable shortage of beds – but there was promise in time, and given material, it would be possible to make the Regiment very comfortable.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – MAGLIO.
Nothing Unusual.
CAPT G.L. TROUTBECK + 2LT ELLWOOD rejoined from Leave.
Ration Strength: 19 Officers 618 OR. Casualties: NIL.
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).
1918 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - reached Stommeln (near Cologne).
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – ROMMERSKIRCHEN.
1020 – The Regiment marched to STOMMELN and spent the remainder of the day settling in. The billets were found to be not quite up to expectation, being scattered, and there was a regrettable shortage of beds – but there was promise in time, and given material, it would be possible to make the Regiment very comfortable.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – MAGLIO.
Nothing Unusual.
CAPT G.L. TROUTBECK + 2LT ELLWOOD rejoined from Leave.
Ration Strength: 19 Officers 618 OR. Casualties: NIL.
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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