On this day 21st March :-
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI -Into Trenches CUINCHY
On relief by 1st Bn 60th (Kings Royal Rifle Corps) 2nd Infantry Brigade, the Regiment proceeded to billets in the ECOLE DE SEUNES FILLES previously occupied by the Regiment February 25-28 last.
In the morning orders received that the Brigade would relieve the 2nd Infantry Brigade in 2nd Division section of the line C, the Regiment returning to subsection C.1. FESTUBERT – LE PLANTIN.
Casualties: Wounded 1.
1918 - Battle of St. Queutin; The great German Spring offensive in France commenced, 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI and 5th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI. heavily engaged.
For more information follow the links below:-
2/4th Battalion: http://www.lightbobs.com/24-tf-bn-oxf--bucks-li-1917-1918.html
5th Battalion: http://www.lightbobs.com/5-oxf--bucks-li-1917-1918.html
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI -Into Trenches CUINCHY
On relief by 1st Bn 60th (Kings Royal Rifle Corps) 2nd Infantry Brigade, the Regiment proceeded to billets in the ECOLE DE SEUNES FILLES previously occupied by the Regiment February 25-28 last.
In the morning orders received that the Brigade would relieve the 2nd Infantry Brigade in 2nd Division section of the line C, the Regiment returning to subsection C.1. FESTUBERT – LE PLANTIN.
Casualties: Wounded 1.
1918 - Battle of St. Queutin; The great German Spring offensive in France commenced, 2/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI and 5th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI. heavily engaged.
For more information follow the links below:-
2/4th Battalion: http://www.lightbobs.com/24-tf-bn-oxf--bucks-li-1917-1918.html
5th Battalion: http://www.lightbobs.com/5-oxf--bucks-li-1917-1918.html
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