On this day 7th May
1811 - The Light Division in pursuit of French after Battle of Fuentes d'Onor.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – BOIRY ST MARTIN.
Inter company Releifs were carried out as under:-
Right Front: A Coy relieved B Coy who moved into Reserve.
Left Front: C Coy relieved D Coy who moved into Support.
2Lt E Hobson joined for duty and was posted to B Coy.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – ASIAGO PLATEAU.
Trenches.
Pouring wet day.
Very little work done and everyone very uncomfortable.
No Outposts put out.
Patrols were put out by both Coys.
D Coys Patrol encountered hostile patrol who refused action.
Ration Strength: 32 Officers 731 OR. Casualties: 1 OR to Hospital-Sick.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - Bad Kleinen
A Guard of Honour under command of Maj. R.A.A. Smith. MC today attended the meeting of Field Marshal Montgomery and Field Marshal Rokossovsky at WISMAR. Congratulations on their turn-out & smartness have been received from many quarters.
1954 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd) - Presentation of Colours by General Sir Bernard Paget, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and attended by Sir Frederick Hoyer-Miller, U.K. High Commissioner in Germany.
1811 - The Light Division in pursuit of French after Battle of Fuentes d'Onor.
1918 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – BOIRY ST MARTIN.
Inter company Releifs were carried out as under:-
Right Front: A Coy relieved B Coy who moved into Reserve.
Left Front: C Coy relieved D Coy who moved into Support.
2Lt E Hobson joined for duty and was posted to B Coy.
1918 –1/1stBuckinghamshire Battalion – ASIAGO PLATEAU.
Trenches.
Pouring wet day.
Very little work done and everyone very uncomfortable.
No Outposts put out.
Patrols were put out by both Coys.
D Coys Patrol encountered hostile patrol who refused action.
Ration Strength: 32 Officers 731 OR. Casualties: 1 OR to Hospital-Sick.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - Bad Kleinen
A Guard of Honour under command of Maj. R.A.A. Smith. MC today attended the meeting of Field Marshal Montgomery and Field Marshal Rokossovsky at WISMAR. Congratulations on their turn-out & smartness have been received from many quarters.
1954 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd) - Presentation of Colours by General Sir Bernard Paget, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and attended by Sir Frederick Hoyer-Miller, U.K. High Commissioner in Germany.
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