On this day 7th May
1811 - The Light Division in pursuit of French after Battle of Fuentes d'Onor.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BULLY-GRENAY.
In Trenches.
46th Reinforcement of 1 Serjeant and 37 rank and File arrived.
This period (7th-9th) was considerably quieter than previously.
Deepening and omproving, generally made progress.
No casualties.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – COIGNEUX
Battalion in Billets.
About 450men on Working Parties. Chiefly laying cables.
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.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – BULLY-GRENAY.
In Trenches.
46th Reinforcement of 1 Serjeant and 37 rank and File arrived.
This period (7th-9th) was considerably quieter than previously.
Deepening and omproving, generally made progress.
No casualties.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – COIGNEUX
Battalion in Billets.
About 450men on Working Parties. Chiefly laying cables.
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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