On this day 9th July
1803 - 52nd - joined Sir john Moore's Brigade at Shorncliffe camp.
1857 – 52nd - Mutiny of native troops at Sealkote – the 52nd had left this station on 20th May to join the Punjab Field Force and all its property at Sealkote was now looted or destroyed.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – LEFT BATTALION FRONT.
Inter Company reliefs.
Funeral of the late Captain Fuller at BIENVILLERS – AU-BOIS.
Casualties: Wounded = 7 OR
1918 –1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – GRUMO & CEREDA.
C Company & 2 Platoons of B Coy fired on new 200 yard range at CANTONE practise being Application, Snap Shooting & 15 Rounds Rapid at 200 yards.
Other Companies doing Company Training.
Ration Strength: 24 Officers 706 OR. Casualties: 1 OR to Hospital – Sick.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – CHATEAU ST COME.
Another quiet day.
Our recce patrols last night confirmed further of enemy posns on our front.
The mortars ranged on their D.F. tasks and carried a certain amount of counter-mortar fire. One of 'D' Coy snipers claims to have hit one of the enemy.
1956 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd) -The Regiment left Osnabruck for England after a stay of almost exactly 3 years.
1803 - 52nd - joined Sir john Moore's Brigade at Shorncliffe camp.
1857 – 52nd - Mutiny of native troops at Sealkote – the 52nd had left this station on 20th May to join the Punjab Field Force and all its property at Sealkote was now looted or destroyed.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – LEFT BATTALION FRONT.
Inter Company reliefs.
Funeral of the late Captain Fuller at BIENVILLERS – AU-BOIS.
Casualties: Wounded = 7 OR
1918 –1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – GRUMO & CEREDA.
C Company & 2 Platoons of B Coy fired on new 200 yard range at CANTONE practise being Application, Snap Shooting & 15 Rounds Rapid at 200 yards.
Other Companies doing Company Training.
Ration Strength: 24 Officers 706 OR. Casualties: 1 OR to Hospital – Sick.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – CHATEAU ST COME.
Another quiet day.
Our recce patrols last night confirmed further of enemy posns on our front.
The mortars ranged on their D.F. tasks and carried a certain amount of counter-mortar fire. One of 'D' Coy snipers claims to have hit one of the enemy.
1956 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd) -The Regiment left Osnabruck for England after a stay of almost exactly 3 years.
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