On this day 10th August
1804 – 43rd - 2nd Bn, 43rd raised.
1917 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – LE PREOL.
85th Reinforcement of 65 Rank and File joined from 2/Division Draft School.
Casualties: Wounded = 2
1917–1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – DAMBRE CAMP (B27d)
IN CAMP
Battalion carried out individual training during the morning.
In the afternoon Officers & NCOs went to see a model of the ground over which the forthcoming operations are to be carried out.
Weather- Fine & warm.
Ration Strength 23 Officers 808 OR
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – LE MESNIL.
Lt. D.B. Fox was wounded this morning while out on a recce patrol. One member of the patrol stepped on an 'S' mine just outside an enemy post, killing himself and wounding Lt. Fox and the other member of the patrol. Enemy mortars and arty active between 1200 hrs and 2100 hrs, otherwise an uneventful day.
1944 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – OUISTREHAM -Normandy
0210 - FCP reports that two black objects out to sea north of harbour.
0220 - Black objects on being fired upon turned and made off seawards.
0230 - Two more rockets fired, aimed at area of FCP where Bofors was firing. No damage.
0500 - Our own arty fired spasmodically throughout the night.
PM - Normal routine.
1950 - 'D' Coy returned to normal location in res area at OUISTREHAM. Take over YORK BRIDGES over R ORNE.
1956 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd)
The Regiment sailed from Southampton in H.M.T. Dilwara bound for Cyprus in company with the Suffolk Regiment.
1804 – 43rd - 2nd Bn, 43rd raised.
1917 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – LE PREOL.
85th Reinforcement of 65 Rank and File joined from 2/Division Draft School.
Casualties: Wounded = 2
1917–1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – DAMBRE CAMP (B27d)
IN CAMP
Battalion carried out individual training during the morning.
In the afternoon Officers & NCOs went to see a model of the ground over which the forthcoming operations are to be carried out.
Weather- Fine & warm.
Ration Strength 23 Officers 808 OR
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – LE MESNIL.
Lt. D.B. Fox was wounded this morning while out on a recce patrol. One member of the patrol stepped on an 'S' mine just outside an enemy post, killing himself and wounding Lt. Fox and the other member of the patrol. Enemy mortars and arty active between 1200 hrs and 2100 hrs, otherwise an uneventful day.
1944 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – OUISTREHAM -Normandy
0210 - FCP reports that two black objects out to sea north of harbour.
0220 - Black objects on being fired upon turned and made off seawards.
0230 - Two more rockets fired, aimed at area of FCP where Bofors was firing. No damage.
0500 - Our own arty fired spasmodically throughout the night.
PM - Normal routine.
1950 - 'D' Coy returned to normal location in res area at OUISTREHAM. Take over YORK BRIDGES over R ORNE.
1956 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd)
The Regiment sailed from Southampton in H.M.T. Dilwara bound for Cyprus in company with the Suffolk Regiment.
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