On this day 25th May
1809, 1st Bns, 43rd, 52nd, and 95th embarked for Portugal.
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – RAIMBERT
Route Marching and Training (chiefly in Woods) carried out.
2nd Lieut T E WITHINGTON (3rd Brigade) Joined.
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – PLOEGSTEERT WOOD
Quiet Day.
Enemy’s transport heard at 9pm behind lines & shelled by our guns.
1940 - 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion - HAZEBROUCK
During the day enemy aircraft flew over the town strafing and bombing, but causing little damage.
As might be expected, the day was spent in completing the take-over from G.H.Q. and improving company positions. The relief was completed by 1400 hrs. The night was quiet.
D Company reported that the company front could not be adequately held and No. 9 Platoon of A Company was put under the command of D Company.
1944 (25th/26th May) - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI moved to transit camps in two parties:
(a) The Regiment, less D Company, to Harwell airfield under command of Lieutenant-Colonel M. W. Roberts.
(b) The coup de main party, comprising six platoons, to Tarrant Rushton airfield under command of Major R. J. Howard.
1809, 1st Bns, 43rd, 52nd, and 95th embarked for Portugal.
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – RAIMBERT
Route Marching and Training (chiefly in Woods) carried out.
2nd Lieut T E WITHINGTON (3rd Brigade) Joined.
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – PLOEGSTEERT WOOD
Quiet Day.
Enemy’s transport heard at 9pm behind lines & shelled by our guns.
1940 - 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion - HAZEBROUCK
During the day enemy aircraft flew over the town strafing and bombing, but causing little damage.
As might be expected, the day was spent in completing the take-over from G.H.Q. and improving company positions. The relief was completed by 1400 hrs. The night was quiet.
D Company reported that the company front could not be adequately held and No. 9 Platoon of A Company was put under the command of D Company.
1944 (25th/26th May) - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI moved to transit camps in two parties:
(a) The Regiment, less D Company, to Harwell airfield under command of Lieutenant-Colonel M. W. Roberts.
(b) The coup de main party, comprising six platoons, to Tarrant Rushton airfield under command of Major R. J. Howard.
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