On this day 16th March:
1794 - 43rd - took part in the second capture of MARTINIQUE.
1853 – 43rd - End of the Kaffir War.
1886 – 2nd Bn Oxf LI – Moved from Gibraltar to Egypt.
1919 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Germany.
The "Regiment marched via Sturzelburg to the area Delrath-Mevenheim-Uckerath, being billeted along the road through these places, and very scattered. H.Q. at Mevenheim. Lieut. Murray Town Major and Regimental Staff Officer for Civil Duties; Lieut.-Colonel Crosse "Summary Court Officer" for the new area.
Educational Training was resumed, and Demobilization continued.
There were with the Regiment a certain number of men detainable in or volunteering for the Army of Occupation, and since the Regiment was to be taken out of the Army of the Rhine, these men were held in readiness for transfer to the 9th (Service) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (Pioneers), and during the month 160 N.C.O.'s and men were so transferred, moving by rail via Cologne, etc., to Solingen.
1919 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – MAGLIO.
CAPT H NOKE CF rejoined from Leave.
Ration Strength: 5 Officers 51 OR. Casualties NIL.
1794 - 43rd - took part in the second capture of MARTINIQUE.
1853 – 43rd - End of the Kaffir War.
1886 – 2nd Bn Oxf LI – Moved from Gibraltar to Egypt.
1919 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Germany.
The "Regiment marched via Sturzelburg to the area Delrath-Mevenheim-Uckerath, being billeted along the road through these places, and very scattered. H.Q. at Mevenheim. Lieut. Murray Town Major and Regimental Staff Officer for Civil Duties; Lieut.-Colonel Crosse "Summary Court Officer" for the new area.
Educational Training was resumed, and Demobilization continued.
There were with the Regiment a certain number of men detainable in or volunteering for the Army of Occupation, and since the Regiment was to be taken out of the Army of the Rhine, these men were held in readiness for transfer to the 9th (Service) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (Pioneers), and during the month 160 N.C.O.'s and men were so transferred, moving by rail via Cologne, etc., to Solingen.
1919 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – MAGLIO.
CAPT H NOKE CF rejoined from Leave.
Ration Strength: 5 Officers 51 OR. Casualties NIL.
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