On this day 1st March
1814 – 43rd & 52nd - On the road to Toulouse in pursuit of the French Army, arrived at Mont de Marson.
1916 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – TRENCHES 2ND DIVISION ANGRES SECTOR. (Sheet 36B and 36C Edition 6)
The whole area very quiet; some little shelling behind front line and a slight activity by enemy with rifle grenades.
Casualties: 3 men Wounded.
Lieutenant E H WHITFELD appointed Adjutant in place of Captain R B CROSSE D.S.O. who completes period of appointment today.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – COURCELLES
Battalion in Billets
All Coys resting.
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 – 43rd & 52nd - On the road to Toulouse in pursuit of the French Army, arrived at Mont de Marson.
1916 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – TRENCHES 2ND DIVISION ANGRES SECTOR. (Sheet 36B and 36C Edition 6)
The whole area very quiet; some little shelling behind front line and a slight activity by enemy with rifle grenades.
Casualties: 3 men Wounded.
Lieutenant E H WHITFELD appointed Adjutant in place of Captain R B CROSSE D.S.O. who completes period of appointment today.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – COURCELLES
Battalion in Billets
All Coys resting.
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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