On this day 27th December
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – ANNEQUIN (N).
12 noon – Relief of 2nd Division by 33rd Division commenced.
The Regiment marched to BETHUNE (5 miles) and were billeted in RUE D’AIRE area.
1915– 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – COUIN
Battalion in Billets.
300 men Working Parties.
1918 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - reached Stommeln (near Cologne).
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Ardennes Offensive
The commanding officer and several officers went over to a party given by the 43rd. Not since the disbandment of the Light Division after Toulouse had the two regiments met on the battlefield.
1944 – 1st Bucks Bn – Brussels
On the 27th December we were suddenly ordered to produce a rifle company at full war establishment, plus two sections of armoured cars, to go to Goes in South Beveland, where they would come under No. 4 Special Service Commando. A composite company was organised by choosing the fittest officers and men from A and D Companies.
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – ANNEQUIN (N).
12 noon – Relief of 2nd Division by 33rd Division commenced.
The Regiment marched to BETHUNE (5 miles) and were billeted in RUE D’AIRE area.
1915– 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – COUIN
Battalion in Billets.
300 men Working Parties.
1918 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - reached Stommeln (near Cologne).
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Ardennes Offensive
The commanding officer and several officers went over to a party given by the 43rd. Not since the disbandment of the Light Division after Toulouse had the two regiments met on the battlefield.
1944 – 1st Bucks Bn – Brussels
On the 27th December we were suddenly ordered to produce a rifle company at full war establishment, plus two sections of armoured cars, to go to Goes in South Beveland, where they would come under No. 4 Special Service Commando. A composite company was organised by choosing the fittest officers and men from A and D Companies.
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