On this day 27th December
1884 – 1st Bn Oxf LI – Detachments of the 43rd engaged for a second time in the suppression of Moplah outbreak (Southern India).
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FONTAINE-SUR-MAYE.
5th Infantry Brigade. Sports etc on the Nozelle Ground. The regiment won the Boat Race, the Relay Race and
2nd in Best Turnout General Service Wagon and pair Heavy Draught Horses. Pte Weaving.
2nd in Best Turnout Limbered General Service Wagon and pair Light Draught Horses. Pte Bunning.
The Regiment also won the Brigade Football Tournament.
In the Officers Scurry (4 furlongs) Horse ridden by Lieutenant Slade-Baker was second, also ran Commanding Officers Horse (owner), Medical Officers Horse (Lieutenant Tyrwhitt-Drake) and Senior Majors Horse (2ns Lieutenant Fielding).
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – B CAMP BECOURT
Battn in Nissen Huts. –
Companies found R.E. Working Parties & worked on Camp improvement.
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.
1884 – 1st Bn Oxf LI – Detachments of the 43rd engaged for a second time in the suppression of Moplah outbreak (Southern India).
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FONTAINE-SUR-MAYE.
5th Infantry Brigade. Sports etc on the Nozelle Ground. The regiment won the Boat Race, the Relay Race and
2nd in Best Turnout General Service Wagon and pair Heavy Draught Horses. Pte Weaving.
2nd in Best Turnout Limbered General Service Wagon and pair Light Draught Horses. Pte Bunning.
The Regiment also won the Brigade Football Tournament.
In the Officers Scurry (4 furlongs) Horse ridden by Lieutenant Slade-Baker was second, also ran Commanding Officers Horse (owner), Medical Officers Horse (Lieutenant Tyrwhitt-Drake) and Senior Majors Horse (2ns Lieutenant Fielding).
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – B CAMP BECOURT
Battn in Nissen Huts. –
Companies found R.E. Working Parties & worked on Camp improvement.
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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