On this day 2nd September
1857 - 52nd - engaged besieging Delhi; over 200 men in hospital.
1917 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – CAMBRIN.
One Company 2/HLI relieved A Company in the Old Kent Area and A Coy withdrew on relief to the Village Line with Headquarters in Shaws Cut.
1917–1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – ROAD CAMP ST JAN TER BIEZEN.
Sunday. Bde parade service at 10.30am on ground just NORTH of Camp.
Before Service Brig Gen Cdg (D.M. WATTS DSO) presented Military Medal ribbon to the following for Bravery & Devotion to duty on 16th August 1917:-
265923 SGT ROGERS S.G. (B COY) Not present, on Leave
265803 CPL HINES W. (TRANSPORT)
267533 CPL SEWARD F.G. (D COY)
Ration Strength 16 Officers 679 Ors
1917 – 5th (S) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Into the Trenches (Ypres).
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.
1917 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – CAMBRIN.
One Company 2/HLI relieved A Company in the Old Kent Area and A Coy withdrew on relief to the Village Line with Headquarters in Shaws Cut.
1917–1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – ROAD CAMP ST JAN TER BIEZEN.
Sunday. Bde parade service at 10.30am on ground just NORTH of Camp.
Before Service Brig Gen Cdg (D.M. WATTS DSO) presented Military Medal ribbon to the following for Bravery & Devotion to duty on 16th August 1917:-
265923 SGT ROGERS S.G. (B COY) Not present, on Leave
265803 CPL HINES W. (TRANSPORT)
267533 CPL SEWARD F.G. (D COY)
Ration Strength 16 Officers 679 Ors
1917 – 5th (S) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Into the Trenches (Ypres).
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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