On this day 1st April
1857 - Green goat's-hair plumes ordered to be worn in head-dress of Officers of 43rd in lieu of the ball-tufts.
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - GORRE
In Brigade Reserve.
Companies employed in Route Marching, Musketry, training Bomb throwers, negotiating obstacles across country etc.
15th Reinforcement of 26 arrived.
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – TERGENHEM
Bn in billets in farms
1945- 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Greven
During the day large numbers of disgruntled Flak personnel gave themselves up. There was no other enemy activity on our front.
2000 - Moved off from woods and made for the bridge over the DORTMUND-EMS canal at 982906. Here the marching troops crossed by the precarious remains of the bridge, which was broken-backed owing to RAF bombing. The transport crossed by an RE bridge further south.
1958 – All ranks of the Regiment (Oxf & Bucks LI) were transferred from the Light Infantry Brigade to the Green Jackets Brigade.
1857 - Green goat's-hair plumes ordered to be worn in head-dress of Officers of 43rd in lieu of the ball-tufts.
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - GORRE
In Brigade Reserve.
Companies employed in Route Marching, Musketry, training Bomb throwers, negotiating obstacles across country etc.
15th Reinforcement of 26 arrived.
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – TERGENHEM
Bn in billets in farms
1945- 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Greven
During the day large numbers of disgruntled Flak personnel gave themselves up. There was no other enemy activity on our front.
2000 - Moved off from woods and made for the bridge over the DORTMUND-EMS canal at 982906. Here the marching troops crossed by the precarious remains of the bridge, which was broken-backed owing to RAF bombing. The transport crossed by an RE bridge further south.
1958 – All ranks of the Regiment (Oxf & Bucks LI) were transferred from the Light Infantry Brigade to the Green Jackets Brigade.
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