On this day 25th June
1800 – 52nd – 1st Bn 52nd – left Southampton to join expedition to Quiberon.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – ESTREES-CAUCHIE
In Billets.
Training etc as usual, in Reserve billets and bathing.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – COUIN
Battalion in Huts.
Companies engaged in Musketry, Bayonet Fighting & Bombing Practise.
1944 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - NORMANDY Landed soon after midday on the 25th June at Courseulles, whence they marched to Beny-sur-Mer and met the advanced party.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – LE MESNIL.
The attack was successfully beaten off and the enemy retired at 0410 hrs having suffered many casualties.
Letter H Coy HQ received a direct hit from an Self Propelled gun but suffered no casualties. The remainder of the day passed quietly.
1800 – 52nd – 1st Bn 52nd – left Southampton to join expedition to Quiberon.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – ESTREES-CAUCHIE
In Billets.
Training etc as usual, in Reserve billets and bathing.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – COUIN
Battalion in Huts.
Companies engaged in Musketry, Bayonet Fighting & Bombing Practise.
1944 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - NORMANDY Landed soon after midday on the 25th June at Courseulles, whence they marched to Beny-sur-Mer and met the advanced party.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – LE MESNIL.
The attack was successfully beaten off and the enemy retired at 0410 hrs having suffered many casualties.
Letter H Coy HQ received a direct hit from an Self Propelled gun but suffered no casualties. The remainder of the day passed quietly.
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