On this day 4th July
1815 – 52nd - Camped in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris.
1866 – 43rd - arrived in Portsmouth on return from New Zealand.
1917 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BETHUNE.
Quiet and uneventful.
1917 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – VELU and BIHUCOURT.
Battn on the March – Owing to heavy rain the Battn moved out of Transport Lines, with Transport at about 9.10am instead of 2.30pm.
Battn moved by Companies A D C B and Transport with 200X interval between to BIHUCOURT. (57C) where they arrived at 12.20.
Owing to the 1/4th ROYAL BERKS still being in camp the Battn had to bivouac out until about 6pm when they took over the Camp- Huts and Bivouacs.
Weather: Cold
Ration Strength: 23 Officers 638 OR.
1940 – 6th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI formed.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – BREVILLE.
Between 07.30 hrs and 08.30 hrs this morning the enemy mortared and shelled our posns. Our casualties were one OR killed and four ORs wounded. The previous nights ambush patrols had no luck as no Germans ventured their way. Except for occasional shelling the remainder of the day has been quiet though rain has added to the mud. THREE ME 109s were shot down by our fighters in dog fights over our area. At 23.30 hrs this evening Lt Sweeney was wounded whilst out on patrol.
1815 – 52nd - Camped in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris.
1866 – 43rd - arrived in Portsmouth on return from New Zealand.
1917 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BETHUNE.
Quiet and uneventful.
1917 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – VELU and BIHUCOURT.
Battn on the March – Owing to heavy rain the Battn moved out of Transport Lines, with Transport at about 9.10am instead of 2.30pm.
Battn moved by Companies A D C B and Transport with 200X interval between to BIHUCOURT. (57C) where they arrived at 12.20.
Owing to the 1/4th ROYAL BERKS still being in camp the Battn had to bivouac out until about 6pm when they took over the Camp- Huts and Bivouacs.
Weather: Cold
Ration Strength: 23 Officers 638 OR.
1940 – 6th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI formed.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – BREVILLE.
Between 07.30 hrs and 08.30 hrs this morning the enemy mortared and shelled our posns. Our casualties were one OR killed and four ORs wounded. The previous nights ambush patrols had no luck as no Germans ventured their way. Except for occasional shelling the remainder of the day has been quiet though rain has added to the mud. THREE ME 109s were shot down by our fighters in dog fights over our area. At 23.30 hrs this evening Lt Sweeney was wounded whilst out on patrol.
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