On this day 29th March
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI -GORRE
Captain C C Chichester left the Regiment on transfer to the Base for duty.
1915 - 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI arrived Boulogne from England.
1943 - 7th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI started out on a 3,000 mile journey to join the 8th Army. (29th/30th March)
1944 – 7th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI moved to Egypt from Italy.
1945 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - COESFELD
0730 - R.U.R. leading the Brigade today with tanks from 4 Guards Armoured Brigade moved through KL REKEN & GR REKEN, thence by a cross-country route to COESFELD. The RUR has been held up on the high ground SouthWest of the town. The 52nd concentrated in farm 607685 and came under some Air-burst fire A & B Coys assaulted eastwards to get astride the main road into COESFELD from the south. No opposition. The Regiment entered COESFELD much battered from RAF attacks at 2145 hrs and areas for local protection were allotted.
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI -GORRE
Captain C C Chichester left the Regiment on transfer to the Base for duty.
1915 - 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI arrived Boulogne from England.
1943 - 7th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI started out on a 3,000 mile journey to join the 8th Army. (29th/30th March)
1944 – 7th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI moved to Egypt from Italy.
1945 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - COESFELD
0730 - R.U.R. leading the Brigade today with tanks from 4 Guards Armoured Brigade moved through KL REKEN & GR REKEN, thence by a cross-country route to COESFELD. The RUR has been held up on the high ground SouthWest of the town. The 52nd concentrated in farm 607685 and came under some Air-burst fire A & B Coys assaulted eastwards to get astride the main road into COESFELD from the south. No opposition. The Regiment entered COESFELD much battered from RAF attacks at 2145 hrs and areas for local protection were allotted.
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