On this day 2nd September:-
1857 - 52nd - engaged besieging Delhi; over 200 men in hospital.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – COURSELLES AU BOIS.
T/2nd Lieutenant Ronald Arthur Cresswell Oxf & Bucks Light Infantry joined on being returned to duty from the Royal Flying Corps. He was posted to D company.
56th Reinforcement – 25 Other ranks joined.
11.30PM- About 5 shells were fired into the area of Headquarters and 1 company: 1 man and one horse of another unit sharing the ground being killed: splinters fell on the tents and huts; no damage.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – BUS
Battn in Huts. –
At 9.30am the Battn was inspected by G.O.C. 48th Division.
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Normandy:-
Embarked from the Mulberry harbour for home with thoughts of leave in our minds.
During the advance to the River Seine the Regiment suffered the following casualties:
Killed: 1 officer and 5 soldiers. Wounded: 42 soldiers.
1857 - 52nd - engaged besieging Delhi; over 200 men in hospital.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – COURSELLES AU BOIS.
T/2nd Lieutenant Ronald Arthur Cresswell Oxf & Bucks Light Infantry joined on being returned to duty from the Royal Flying Corps. He was posted to D company.
56th Reinforcement – 25 Other ranks joined.
11.30PM- About 5 shells were fired into the area of Headquarters and 1 company: 1 man and one horse of another unit sharing the ground being killed: splinters fell on the tents and huts; no damage.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – BUS
Battn in Huts. –
At 9.30am the Battn was inspected by G.O.C. 48th Division.
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Normandy:-
Embarked from the Mulberry harbour for home with thoughts of leave in our minds.
During the advance to the River Seine the Regiment suffered the following casualties:
Killed: 1 officer and 5 soldiers. Wounded: 42 soldiers.
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