On this day 31st August
1782 – Orders issued connecting the 52nd with the county of Oxfordshire and the 43rd with Monmouthshire.
1813 - Storming of San Sebastian.
1914 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI- Retreat from Mons
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – COURSELLES AU BOIS.
2nd Lieutenant M G Fielding rejoined and was reposted to A Company.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – BUS
Battn in huts.
Company training & Lewis Gun course started.
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FOULBEC -Normandy
Orders for the return to England and Bulford were received and on the next day we set off— marching to start with, as the troop-carrying transport failed to materialize. The night of the 1st September was spent at a transit camp at Ryes and on the following day we 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.
The Comd Offr received orders that the Regt would proceed to a Transit Camp at RYES 8483 tomorrow where we would spend the night and embark for ENGLAND on 2 Sep 44.
1782 – Orders issued connecting the 52nd with the county of Oxfordshire and the 43rd with Monmouthshire.
1813 - Storming of San Sebastian.
1914 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI- Retreat from Mons
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – COURSELLES AU BOIS.
2nd Lieutenant M G Fielding rejoined and was reposted to A Company.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – BUS
Battn in huts.
Company training & Lewis Gun course started.
1944 – 2nd (AB) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FOULBEC -Normandy
Orders for the return to England and Bulford were received and on the next day we set off— marching to start with, as the troop-carrying transport failed to materialize. The night of the 1st September was spent at a transit camp at Ryes and on the following day we 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.
The Comd Offr received orders that the Regt would proceed to a Transit Camp at RYES 8483 tomorrow where we would spend the night and embark for ENGLAND on 2 Sep 44.
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