On this day 2nd January
1831 – 43rd – Arrived home from Gibraltar.
1859 - 43rd - Pte. H. Addison gained the V,C. in Punnah Jungle,Indian Mutiny
1912 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – The new rifle (Lee Enfield, Mark IV converted)(S.M.L.E.) was taken into use.
1917 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FONTAINE-SUR-MAYE.
1917 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – BRESLE
Battn in Billets. –
Companies carried out Training.
1917 – 6th (S) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – To trenches.
1945 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - North West Europe
ON the 2nd January the Regiment moved into reserve at Custinne (0882) with a counter-attack role on the Royal Ulster Rifles’ positions.
1831 – 43rd – Arrived home from Gibraltar.
1859 - 43rd - Pte. H. Addison gained the V,C. in Punnah Jungle,Indian Mutiny
1912 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – The new rifle (Lee Enfield, Mark IV converted)(S.M.L.E.) was taken into use.
1917 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FONTAINE-SUR-MAYE.
1917 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – BRESLE
Battn in Billets. –
Companies carried out Training.
1917 – 6th (S) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – To trenches.
1945 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - North West Europe
ON the 2nd January the Regiment moved into reserve at Custinne (0882) with a counter-attack role on the Royal Ulster Rifles’ positions.
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