On this day 4th February
1814 - 52nd at siege of Antwerp (Belgium).
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - In trenches near FESTUBERT
Captain E H Kirkpatrick and Lieutenant E H Whitfield Joined for Duty.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 4th they left for a concentration area in the monastery at Nebo (724587). Strictest security measures were enforced and the whole brigade was packed up in the monastery and the skirling of the Highland Light Infantry pipes, the notes of the 43rd bugles and the singing of the Welsh heralded the approaching battle with more zest than tune.
1814 - 52nd at siege of Antwerp (Belgium).
1915 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - In trenches near FESTUBERT
Captain E H Kirkpatrick and Lieutenant E H Whitfield Joined for Duty.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 4th they left for a concentration area in the monastery at Nebo (724587). Strictest security measures were enforced and the whole brigade was packed up in the monastery and the skirling of the Highland Light Infantry pipes, the notes of the 43rd bugles and the singing of the Welsh heralded the approaching battle with more zest than tune.
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