On this day 3rd April
1811 – 43rd and 52nd - Combat of Sabugal (Peninsula)
1917 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – FLORINGHEM near PERNES.
2Lt B J Crewe joined for duty on 18th appointment and was posted to C Coy.
1917 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – CARTIGNY.
Bn in billets-
Battn with Transport left CARTIGNY between 8.30am & 9am & moved by platoons to LONGAVESNES, relieving 1/4 GLOSTERS in Bde reserve.
All ranks in very poor bivouacs & shelter. No cellar accommodation left.
B & C Coys on working parties during evening.
Ration Strength 19 Officers 654 OR.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
After a, pause at Vreden the 3rd and 4th April were spent in clearing an area north of Gronau (5102) and Ochtrup (6201). No enemy were encountered.
1945- 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – NWE Hasbergen
In the morning we moved on behind the Para Brigades along the road to OSNABRUCK.
1310 - Arrived HASBERGEN where apart from patrolling the woods in search of stragglers we spent a restful evening & night.
1945 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion adopted the “T Force” role.
1811 – 43rd and 52nd - Combat of Sabugal (Peninsula)
1917 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – FLORINGHEM near PERNES.
2Lt B J Crewe joined for duty on 18th appointment and was posted to C Coy.
1917 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – CARTIGNY.
Bn in billets-
Battn with Transport left CARTIGNY between 8.30am & 9am & moved by platoons to LONGAVESNES, relieving 1/4 GLOSTERS in Bde reserve.
All ranks in very poor bivouacs & shelter. No cellar accommodation left.
B & C Coys on working parties during evening.
Ration Strength 19 Officers 654 OR.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
After a, pause at Vreden the 3rd and 4th April were spent in clearing an area north of Gronau (5102) and Ochtrup (6201). No enemy were encountered.
1945- 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – NWE Hasbergen
In the morning we moved on behind the Para Brigades along the road to OSNABRUCK.
1310 - Arrived HASBERGEN where apart from patrolling the woods in search of stragglers we spent a restful evening & night.
1945 – 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion adopted the “T Force” role.
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