On this day 30th March
1885 – 1st Bn Oxf LI – Left Bangalore (India) for Quetta (Biluchistan).
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – CHELMSFORD to BOULOGNE
5PM - Entrained by ½ battalions 5.0pm & 5.30pm, arrived FOLKESTONE 8.30pm & 8.45pm.
Crossed on steamer “INVICTA” ,
Arrived BOULOGNE 10.40pm.
Marched to rest camp OSTERHOVE. Strength 28 Officers 916 other ranks (including 1 RC Chaplain)
1916 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – HERSIN Q.5.
In billets
250 men found at night for fatigues making and improving 2nd Line in ANGRES section.
2nd Lieutenant B C C WARDE (3rd Battalion) joined for duty
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE FT K10/5 – K16/1
Battalion in Trenches.
Artillery Quiet on both sides.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 30th it passed through Bocholt (2260) and now was once more at the head of the pursuit, travelling in Kangaroos. A Company deployed and cleared Haken (295690) and B Company passed straight through and took Veldboom (297692). A few prisoners were taken.
A Company remounted and set off again, but a self-propelled gun knocked out the leading tank, and since the ground was too soft for vehicles to move off the road, proceeded to pick off eight Kangaroos/three of them still full of troops. Casualties were lighter than might have been expected, but included Lieutenant Selby and Serjeant Walton. The gun then moved off and the subsequent attack found no opposition.
1945 - 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - COESFELD
The Regiment spent the whole day in COESFELD. No activity beyond the rounding-up of deserters & suspects.
1885 – 1st Bn Oxf LI – Left Bangalore (India) for Quetta (Biluchistan).
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – CHELMSFORD to BOULOGNE
5PM - Entrained by ½ battalions 5.0pm & 5.30pm, arrived FOLKESTONE 8.30pm & 8.45pm.
Crossed on steamer “INVICTA” ,
Arrived BOULOGNE 10.40pm.
Marched to rest camp OSTERHOVE. Strength 28 Officers 916 other ranks (including 1 RC Chaplain)
1916 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – HERSIN Q.5.
In billets
250 men found at night for fatigues making and improving 2nd Line in ANGRES section.
2nd Lieutenant B C C WARDE (3rd Battalion) joined for duty
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE FT K10/5 – K16/1
Battalion in Trenches.
Artillery Quiet on both sides.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 30th it passed through Bocholt (2260) and now was once more at the head of the pursuit, travelling in Kangaroos. A Company deployed and cleared Haken (295690) and B Company passed straight through and took Veldboom (297692). A few prisoners were taken.
A Company remounted and set off again, but a self-propelled gun knocked out the leading tank, and since the ground was too soft for vehicles to move off the road, proceeded to pick off eight Kangaroos/three of them still full of troops. Casualties were lighter than might have been expected, but included Lieutenant Selby and Serjeant Walton. The gun then moved off and the subsequent attack found no opposition.
1945 - 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - COESFELD
The Regiment spent the whole day in COESFELD. No activity beyond the rounding-up of deserters & suspects.
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