On this day 17th December
1851 - 43rd - landed in South Africa for the Kaffir War.
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI –Trenches CUINCHY A2.
Casualties: 1 Officer (Lt Barnard) wounded on the 17th and 2 men.
1915– 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE
Battalion in Trenches.
Our Guns, Field, Heavy & Howitzers bombarded enemy’s trench at 1pm.
Observation difficult owing to mist.
German MINENWERFER put 5 torpedoes into our Left Coys Trenches during day.
1851 - 43rd - landed in South Africa for the Kaffir War.
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI –Trenches CUINCHY A2.
Casualties: 1 Officer (Lt Barnard) wounded on the 17th and 2 men.
1915– 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE
Battalion in Trenches.
Our Guns, Field, Heavy & Howitzers bombarded enemy’s trench at 1pm.
Observation difficult owing to mist.
German MINENWERFER put 5 torpedoes into our Left Coys Trenches during day.
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