On this day 15th June
1804 - 43rd - joined Sir John Moore's Brigade at Shorncliffe.
1815 – 52nd – Reached Enghien (Waterloo Campaign)
1918 - Battle of the Piave; 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI and 1/1st Bucks Bns engaged on the Asiago Plateau (Italy) in meeting the great Austrian offensive.
Known Regimentally as “THE BATTLE OF THE COOKS”.
1919 –1st Bn, OXF & BUCKS LI – NORTH RUSSIA.
1400 - VAGA COLUMN moved to SELTSO H.Q. and 2 platoons D Coy. and 2 platoons C Coy. took over UST VAGA.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – ST COME.
Letter B Coy snipers had a good day on patrol and accounted for at least 4 enemy dead. Prisoners of War captured in BREVILLE area identified as being from 4 Coy 857 Regt (under command 711 Infantry Div).
1968 – 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (43rd & 52nd) – The subsidiary titles of the three regular battalions of the Regiment were dropped leaving the battalion with the title of:- 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets.
It would however keep alive the traditions of the 43rd & 52nd such as Serjeant with the “J”, the Regimental Serjeant Majors white bow tie and “Letter – Company” etc until 1992 when the battalion was disbanded on the reduction of the Regiment (RGJ) to two battalions.
1804 - 43rd - joined Sir John Moore's Brigade at Shorncliffe.
1815 – 52nd – Reached Enghien (Waterloo Campaign)
1918 - Battle of the Piave; 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI and 1/1st Bucks Bns engaged on the Asiago Plateau (Italy) in meeting the great Austrian offensive.
Known Regimentally as “THE BATTLE OF THE COOKS”.
1919 –1st Bn, OXF & BUCKS LI – NORTH RUSSIA.
1400 - VAGA COLUMN moved to SELTSO H.Q. and 2 platoons D Coy. and 2 platoons C Coy. took over UST VAGA.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – ST COME.
Letter B Coy snipers had a good day on patrol and accounted for at least 4 enemy dead. Prisoners of War captured in BREVILLE area identified as being from 4 Coy 857 Regt (under command 711 Infantry Div).
1968 – 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (43rd & 52nd) – The subsidiary titles of the three regular battalions of the Regiment were dropped leaving the battalion with the title of:- 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets.
It would however keep alive the traditions of the 43rd & 52nd such as Serjeant with the “J”, the Regimental Serjeant Majors white bow tie and “Letter – Company” etc until 1992 when the battalion was disbanded on the reduction of the Regiment (RGJ) to two battalions.
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