On this day 19th July
1916 - 2/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion heavily engaged in the Battle of Fromelles.
2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI in Support.
During the 18th and 19th July the 2/1st Bucks Battalion lost 322 ALL RANKS – as follows:-
OFFICERS:- Killed = 4. Wounded = 8. |Missing = 2. Died of Wounds = 1
OTHER RANKS:- Killed = 62 .Wounded = 180. Missing = 65
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – RIGHT BATTALION. (WESTERN FRONT)
Casualties: Killed = 1 OR.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – GRANEZZA. (ITALIAN FRONT)
Battalion marched at 1.30am and proceeded by road and mule track to GRANEZZA.
Route: - MARE – LORE – MTE CAVALLETTO - TATTENHAM CORNER.
Battalion arrived at GRANEZZA at 7.30am and after some delay occupied camp as in April.
Q.M. Stores and Transport Lines at TATTENHAM CORNER.
One Officer & 4 NCO’s per Coy proceeded to Front Line for 24 hours attachment to 10th NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, by lorry.
MAJOR P.A. HALL proceeded by car to Front Line to arrange relief.
Ration Strength: 26 Officers 657 OR. Casualties: 3 OR to Hospital – Sick.
1918 - 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - In the line at S.SISTO. (ITALIAN FRONT)
1918 - 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - To WARNE. (WESTERN FRONT)
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – CHATEAU ST COME. (NORMANDY)
The big battle SW of CAEN still continues but most of the fighting is now well beyond our range of vision and the majority of the sp arty has moved up so the noise has not been so deafening.
On our own front the enemy still appears to be occupying the same positions and 'D' Coy snipers claimed another two hits, otherwise a quiet day.
1953 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd) - The Regiment arrived at the Hook of Holland and moved in two train parties to Osnabruck where they all arrived at Belfast Barracks before 1800 hours.
1987 – 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets – NORTHERN IRELAND.
Remembering today – L/Cpl T W HEWITT
“As with many tours in Northern Ireland, if tragedy strikes then it does so early. Our tour this year was to be no exception and on the first day that the Battalion arrived in Ireland Lance Corporal Hewitt was shot and murdered in Belleek by a gunman who fired from across the border. Lance Corporal Hewitt's murder came as a shock to everyone in the Battalion, particularly as the style of his murder was so typical of the normal pattern of terrorist activity in Fermanagh. It occurred without any apparent warning, at a time of year when the streets of Belleek were full of foreign tourists.”
1916 - 2/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion heavily engaged in the Battle of Fromelles.
2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI in Support.
During the 18th and 19th July the 2/1st Bucks Battalion lost 322 ALL RANKS – as follows:-
OFFICERS:- Killed = 4. Wounded = 8. |Missing = 2. Died of Wounds = 1
OTHER RANKS:- Killed = 62 .Wounded = 180. Missing = 65
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – RIGHT BATTALION. (WESTERN FRONT)
Casualties: Killed = 1 OR.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – GRANEZZA. (ITALIAN FRONT)
Battalion marched at 1.30am and proceeded by road and mule track to GRANEZZA.
Route: - MARE – LORE – MTE CAVALLETTO - TATTENHAM CORNER.
Battalion arrived at GRANEZZA at 7.30am and after some delay occupied camp as in April.
Q.M. Stores and Transport Lines at TATTENHAM CORNER.
One Officer & 4 NCO’s per Coy proceeded to Front Line for 24 hours attachment to 10th NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, by lorry.
MAJOR P.A. HALL proceeded by car to Front Line to arrange relief.
Ration Strength: 26 Officers 657 OR. Casualties: 3 OR to Hospital – Sick.
1918 - 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - In the line at S.SISTO. (ITALIAN FRONT)
1918 - 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - To WARNE. (WESTERN FRONT)
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – CHATEAU ST COME. (NORMANDY)
The big battle SW of CAEN still continues but most of the fighting is now well beyond our range of vision and the majority of the sp arty has moved up so the noise has not been so deafening.
On our own front the enemy still appears to be occupying the same positions and 'D' Coy snipers claimed another two hits, otherwise a quiet day.
1953 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd) - The Regiment arrived at the Hook of Holland and moved in two train parties to Osnabruck where they all arrived at Belfast Barracks before 1800 hours.
1987 – 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets – NORTHERN IRELAND.
Remembering today – L/Cpl T W HEWITT
“As with many tours in Northern Ireland, if tragedy strikes then it does so early. Our tour this year was to be no exception and on the first day that the Battalion arrived in Ireland Lance Corporal Hewitt was shot and murdered in Belleek by a gunman who fired from across the border. Lance Corporal Hewitt's murder came as a shock to everyone in the Battalion, particularly as the style of his murder was so typical of the normal pattern of terrorist activity in Fermanagh. It occurred without any apparent warning, at a time of year when the streets of Belleek were full of foreign tourists.”
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