On this day 31st December
1808 - 2nd Bn 43rd and 1st Bn 52nd, with Sir John Moore's Army, reached Cambeeros.
1917 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – At FALUJA (Mesopotamia)
1918 - 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At HIT (Euphrates).
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – STOMMELN. (Germany)
Settling in, marred by a feeling of uneasiness regarding a probable change of station.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – MAGLIO. (Italy)
Nothing Unusual.
Ration Strength: 18 Officers 607 OR.
1918 - 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At MAGLIO (Italy).
1918 - 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At DOMART-EN-PONTHIEU. (France)
1918 - 7th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At VARNA (Black Sea).
1918 - 8th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At VARNA (Black Sea).
1944 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – Holland
On the 31st December the Composite Company moved off under the command of Major Brocklehurst, with Captain Eyles, officer commanding support platoon, in charge of the armoured cars. No one was told at the time exactly what their role would be, but it was later discovered that it consisted of holding part of the line under No. 4 Special Service Commando Brigade opposite the Scheldt estuary, with the Germans still entrenched on the opposite island of Schouwen en Duiveland.
1965 – 2359 hrs The Regiment ceased to be known as 1st Green Jackets, (43rd & 52nd).
1966 – January 1st – 0001 hrs – Became 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (43rd & 52nd)
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1808 - 2nd Bn 43rd and 1st Bn 52nd, with Sir John Moore's Army, reached Cambeeros.
1917 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – At FALUJA (Mesopotamia)
1918 - 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At HIT (Euphrates).
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – STOMMELN. (Germany)
Settling in, marred by a feeling of uneasiness regarding a probable change of station.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – MAGLIO. (Italy)
Nothing Unusual.
Ration Strength: 18 Officers 607 OR.
1918 - 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At MAGLIO (Italy).
1918 - 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At DOMART-EN-PONTHIEU. (France)
1918 - 7th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At VARNA (Black Sea).
1918 - 8th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - At VARNA (Black Sea).
1944 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – Holland
On the 31st December the Composite Company moved off under the command of Major Brocklehurst, with Captain Eyles, officer commanding support platoon, in charge of the armoured cars. No one was told at the time exactly what their role would be, but it was later discovered that it consisted of holding part of the line under No. 4 Special Service Commando Brigade opposite the Scheldt estuary, with the Germans still entrenched on the opposite island of Schouwen en Duiveland.
1965 – 2359 hrs The Regiment ceased to be known as 1st Green Jackets, (43rd & 52nd).
1966 – January 1st – 0001 hrs – Became 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (43rd & 52nd)
here to edit.
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