On this day 31st July
1809 - 2nd Bn. 43rd embarked as part of the expedition to Walcheren.
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI -IN TRENCHES AT CUINCHY.
Very Quiet period, though at intervals some bombardment by trench mortar bombs and rifle grenades.
Casualties: 5 men wounded.(over the period 30th July-1st August)
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE
Battalion in Billets.
1940 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - (the 52nd) (under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel L. W. Giles, M.C.) mobilized at Wheatley near Oxford as part of the 31st Independent Brigade Group. The other three infantry battalions in the brigade were the 1st Bn. Border Regiment, the 2nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment and the 1st Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles. Thus began for the 52nd a partnership which lasted with the Border Regiment and South Staffordshire Regiment until the spring of 1942, and with the Royal Ulster Rifles until parting in Palestine after the end of the war.
1809 - 2nd Bn. 43rd embarked as part of the expedition to Walcheren.
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI -IN TRENCHES AT CUINCHY.
Very Quiet period, though at intervals some bombardment by trench mortar bombs and rifle grenades.
Casualties: 5 men wounded.(over the period 30th July-1st August)
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE
Battalion in Billets.
1940 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - (the 52nd) (under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel L. W. Giles, M.C.) mobilized at Wheatley near Oxford as part of the 31st Independent Brigade Group. The other three infantry battalions in the brigade were the 1st Bn. Border Regiment, the 2nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment and the 1st Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles. Thus began for the 52nd a partnership which lasted with the Border Regiment and South Staffordshire Regiment until the spring of 1942, and with the Royal Ulster Rifles until parting in Palestine after the end of the war.
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