On this day 1st March
1814 - On the road to Toulouse in pursuit of the French Army, arrived at Mont de Marson.
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - BEUVRY
In Brigade Reserve.
Either drills or Route Marching daily.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 1st March B Company, operating simultaneously with the 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers and the 158th Brigade, launched an attack on Graf (926387). Flooding, caused by a blown bridge, made the attack difficult, but flames were shot in by their supporting tanks and under cover of darkness the attack was successful. Later in the morning a single shell fell in A Company's area and mortally wounded Major C. G. Percy-Hardman,
1814 - On the road to Toulouse in pursuit of the French Army, arrived at Mont de Marson.
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - BEUVRY
In Brigade Reserve.
Either drills or Route Marching daily.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 1st March B Company, operating simultaneously with the 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers and the 158th Brigade, launched an attack on Graf (926387). Flooding, caused by a blown bridge, made the attack difficult, but flames were shot in by their supporting tanks and under cover of darkness the attack was successful. Later in the morning a single shell fell in A Company's area and mortally wounded Major C. G. Percy-Hardman,
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