On this day 23rd April
1811 – 43rd and 52nd - Affair of outposts on the River Azava.(Spain)
1868 – 43rd – Embarked at Portsmouth on board HMS Urgen and sailed for the Channel Islands.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BULLY-GRENAY R.8.
Right Battalion (ANGRES 1).
Very quiet period except for a certain amount of hostile rifle grenade activity.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE
Battalion in Trenches.
Great difficulty in getting Killed & Wounded down to Dressing Station, on account of distance to bring stretchers.
Quiet Day.
One casualty in C Coy.
1917 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - present.Second battle of the Scarpe.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 23rd advanced towards Mulmshorn (0410), with a troop of the 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment in front. Opposition was met and, though attempts were made to outflank it, resistance stiffened and the whole day was spent without further success.
1945 -2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Ebsdorf
The Regiment left at 0800 hrs by march route arriving EBSDORF at about 1500 hrs. We are all billeted in the town and expect to be here for about eight days. The period is to be devoted to maintenance & training and the second-in-command is to start cadres for N.C.O.'s & potential N.C.O.'s. In the evening a Dutchman reported to "B" Coy the location of a very large quantity of valuables belonging to the Netherlands Government, Bonds, currency, cutlery & jewellery were found hidden in a cellar.
1811 – 43rd and 52nd - Affair of outposts on the River Azava.(Spain)
1868 – 43rd – Embarked at Portsmouth on board HMS Urgen and sailed for the Channel Islands.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BULLY-GRENAY R.8.
Right Battalion (ANGRES 1).
Very quiet period except for a certain amount of hostile rifle grenade activity.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE
Battalion in Trenches.
Great difficulty in getting Killed & Wounded down to Dressing Station, on account of distance to bring stretchers.
Quiet Day.
One casualty in C Coy.
1917 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - present.Second battle of the Scarpe.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 23rd advanced towards Mulmshorn (0410), with a troop of the 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment in front. Opposition was met and, though attempts were made to outflank it, resistance stiffened and the whole day was spent without further success.
1945 -2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI - NWE Ebsdorf
The Regiment left at 0800 hrs by march route arriving EBSDORF at about 1500 hrs. We are all billeted in the town and expect to be here for about eight days. The period is to be devoted to maintenance & training and the second-in-command is to start cadres for N.C.O.'s & potential N.C.O.'s. In the evening a Dutchman reported to "B" Coy the location of a very large quantity of valuables belonging to the Netherlands Government, Bonds, currency, cutlery & jewellery were found hidden in a cellar.
RSS Feed