On this day 5th July
1815 - Capitulation of Paris.
1917 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BETHUNE.
Quiet and uneventful.
1917–1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – BIHUCOURT and BAILLEUVAL.
Battn on the March –
At 10am the Commanding Officer and Adjutant attended a conference at DIV HQ.
At 5.30pm the Battn moved out of Camp D, C, B, A Companies and Transport preceded by the 1/4th OXFORDS. MAJOR A B LLOYD BAKER in Command of the Column and CAPTAIN HALL in Command of the Battn.
Battn marched to BAILLEUVAL via ACHIET LE GRAND – ABLAINZEVILLE – AYETTE – ADINFER – RAMSART – and arrived there at 11.0pm.
Men in Billets – fairly good.
Weather during day Fine and Cool.
2/LT G R TROUTBECK joined from 2/1st BUCKS.
Ration Strength: 23 Officers 638 OR.
1917 - 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Moved to BAILLEULMONT.
1923 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – (shorncliffe) The Battalion furnished a Guard of Honour of 100 rank and file with the band and buglers under Captain J. E. H. Neville, M.C., Lieut. K. S. Jefferson, and Lieut. C. A. Sawyer, with the King's Colour, on the occasion of the unveiling of the Statue of Sir John Moore and of the opening of Memorial Hall (an Officers' library) by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught. The Non-Commissioned Officers lined the inside of the enclosure.
His Royal Highness was much gratified by the Guard of Honour, and he told the Colonel Commandant several times that he was very pleased to see such a smart and steady lot of men.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – BREVILLE.
At 0145 hrs Lt Bulford with an ambush patrol shot up a suspected enemy post at hedge junc 144744 but was unable to ascertain what casualties he had inflicted. It has been a fine day and most of the mud has dried up. The enemy shelled and mortared our posns during the day but we suffered no casualties. Lt Scott went out on patrol with two of 'C' Coy and shot one of the enemy - the first for a long time. Coys have been sending sections at a time for short marches around the Div area - this has made a pleasant change from life in and around a slit trench.
1815 - Capitulation of Paris.
1917 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BETHUNE.
Quiet and uneventful.
1917–1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – BIHUCOURT and BAILLEUVAL.
Battn on the March –
At 10am the Commanding Officer and Adjutant attended a conference at DIV HQ.
At 5.30pm the Battn moved out of Camp D, C, B, A Companies and Transport preceded by the 1/4th OXFORDS. MAJOR A B LLOYD BAKER in Command of the Column and CAPTAIN HALL in Command of the Battn.
Battn marched to BAILLEUVAL via ACHIET LE GRAND – ABLAINZEVILLE – AYETTE – ADINFER – RAMSART – and arrived there at 11.0pm.
Men in Billets – fairly good.
Weather during day Fine and Cool.
2/LT G R TROUTBECK joined from 2/1st BUCKS.
Ration Strength: 23 Officers 638 OR.
1917 - 1/4th Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Moved to BAILLEULMONT.
1923 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – (shorncliffe) The Battalion furnished a Guard of Honour of 100 rank and file with the band and buglers under Captain J. E. H. Neville, M.C., Lieut. K. S. Jefferson, and Lieut. C. A. Sawyer, with the King's Colour, on the occasion of the unveiling of the Statue of Sir John Moore and of the opening of Memorial Hall (an Officers' library) by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught. The Non-Commissioned Officers lined the inside of the enclosure.
His Royal Highness was much gratified by the Guard of Honour, and he told the Colonel Commandant several times that he was very pleased to see such a smart and steady lot of men.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – BREVILLE.
At 0145 hrs Lt Bulford with an ambush patrol shot up a suspected enemy post at hedge junc 144744 but was unable to ascertain what casualties he had inflicted. It has been a fine day and most of the mud has dried up. The enemy shelled and mortared our posns during the day but we suffered no casualties. Lt Scott went out on patrol with two of 'C' Coy and shot one of the enemy - the first for a long time. Coys have been sending sections at a time for short marches around the Div area - this has made a pleasant change from life in and around a slit trench.
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