On this day 7th May
1811 - The Light Division in pursuit of French after battle of Fuentes d'Onor.
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BETHUNE
In billets in BETHUNE.
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – PLOEGSTEERT WOOD
Quiet up till 12.15pm, enemy shelled Support Trenches behind Centre Coy (A Coy) with Little Willies working along to and including left Coy trenches (C Coy), about 16 shells , No casualties.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - Bad Kleinen
A Guard of Honour under command of Maj. R.A.A. Smith. MC today attended the meeting of Field Marshal Montgomery and Field Marshal Rokossovsky at WISMAR. Congratulations on their turn-out & smartness have been received from many quarters.
1954 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd) - Presentation of Colours by General Sir Bernard Paget, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and attended by Sir Frederick Hoyer-Miller, U.K. High Commissioner in Germany.
1811 - The Light Division in pursuit of French after battle of Fuentes d'Onor.
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BETHUNE
In billets in BETHUNE.
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – PLOEGSTEERT WOOD
Quiet up till 12.15pm, enemy shelled Support Trenches behind Centre Coy (A Coy) with Little Willies working along to and including left Coy trenches (C Coy), about 16 shells , No casualties.
1945 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn Oxf & Bucks LI - Bad Kleinen
A Guard of Honour under command of Maj. R.A.A. Smith. MC today attended the meeting of Field Marshal Montgomery and Field Marshal Rokossovsky at WISMAR. Congratulations on their turn-out & smartness have been received from many quarters.
1954 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI (43rd & 52nd) - Presentation of Colours by General Sir Bernard Paget, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and attended by Sir Frederick Hoyer-Miller, U.K. High Commissioner in Germany.
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