On this day 8th September
1857 – 52nd – Siege of Delhi – continued, 52nd at Brinds Battery.
1901 – 1st Bn OXF LI – occupying blockhouses in Orange River Colony (Boer War).
1914 - 1st Bn OXF & BUCKS LI at Ahmednagar received orders to mobilize.
1919 –1st Bn, OXF & BUCKS LI – NORTH RUSSIA.
2245 - Orders for withdrawal issued 1430 hrs.
8.09.19.CAPT MEADE’S DETACHMENT.
0900 - ½ No. 15 platoon left for VAIMUGA at 9 a.m.
Remainder of coy. left 1630. Arrived TEGRA 1930.
1928 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – (India)- Army Order 139/1928 reviving the original title of Bugle Major instead of Serjeant Bugler was published in Regimental Orders.
1943 – 7th Bn OXF & BUCKS LI - took part in SALERNO landings.
1952 - 1st Bn OXF & BUCKS LI (43rd & 52nd) – SUEZ.
Major R. R. F. T. Barry, M.B.E., left for Cyprus, en route to England on expiration of his overseas tour.
Lieut.-Colonel P. G. F. Young, Major G. N. Astley-Cooper, Major H. J. Sweeney, Captain W. S. C. Chevis, Captain C. A. S. Hinton and a skeleton Regimental Headquarter went out on a four-day divisional exercise 'Preliminary Canter' in the area of Bir Odieb on the Gulf of Suez.
1956 – 1st Bn OXF & BUCKS LI (43rd & 52nd) - CYPRUS
Letter 'A' Company were called out to take part in a 48 hour operation near Kyrenia following a terrorist raid on a police station.
1958 - 1st Bn OXF & BUCKS LI (43rd & 52nd) – CYPRUS.
During the evening a large bomb exploded in the NAAFI Families Shop in Berengaria Village, and caused a fire which gutted the shop.
1960 – 1st GREEN JACKETS (43rd & 52nd) –OTTERBURN.
The Regimental Inter-Platoon Cross-Country race was held :
2nd Lieut. N. W. Gibson (B) was individual winner. 1.
Winning Platoon was:
1.Platoon(Gurkha Coy)
2.Platoon (Gurkha Coy)
3.Platoon ('A' Coy)
1964 – 1st GREEN JACKETS (43rd & 52nd) – BORNEO.
As part of the "Hearts and Minds" campaign Major R. M. Koe presented bookcases and books to villages in the Bau District.
1965 – 1st GREEN JACKETS (43rd & 52nd) – MONTGOMERY BKS, BERLIN.
The Regiment won the Army Swimming Championship held at Eltham Baths, London, defeating 3rd Bn, Parachute Regiment by two points.
1857 – 52nd – Siege of Delhi – continued, 52nd at Brinds Battery.
1901 – 1st Bn OXF LI – occupying blockhouses in Orange River Colony (Boer War).
1914 - 1st Bn OXF & BUCKS LI at Ahmednagar received orders to mobilize.
1919 –1st Bn, OXF & BUCKS LI – NORTH RUSSIA.
2245 - Orders for withdrawal issued 1430 hrs.
8.09.19.CAPT MEADE’S DETACHMENT.
0900 - ½ No. 15 platoon left for VAIMUGA at 9 a.m.
Remainder of coy. left 1630. Arrived TEGRA 1930.
1928 – 2nd Bn OXF & BUCKS LI – (India)- Army Order 139/1928 reviving the original title of Bugle Major instead of Serjeant Bugler was published in Regimental Orders.
1943 – 7th Bn OXF & BUCKS LI - took part in SALERNO landings.
1952 - 1st Bn OXF & BUCKS LI (43rd & 52nd) – SUEZ.
Major R. R. F. T. Barry, M.B.E., left for Cyprus, en route to England on expiration of his overseas tour.
Lieut.-Colonel P. G. F. Young, Major G. N. Astley-Cooper, Major H. J. Sweeney, Captain W. S. C. Chevis, Captain C. A. S. Hinton and a skeleton Regimental Headquarter went out on a four-day divisional exercise 'Preliminary Canter' in the area of Bir Odieb on the Gulf of Suez.
1956 – 1st Bn OXF & BUCKS LI (43rd & 52nd) - CYPRUS
Letter 'A' Company were called out to take part in a 48 hour operation near Kyrenia following a terrorist raid on a police station.
1958 - 1st Bn OXF & BUCKS LI (43rd & 52nd) – CYPRUS.
During the evening a large bomb exploded in the NAAFI Families Shop in Berengaria Village, and caused a fire which gutted the shop.
1960 – 1st GREEN JACKETS (43rd & 52nd) –OTTERBURN.
The Regimental Inter-Platoon Cross-Country race was held :
2nd Lieut. N. W. Gibson (B) was individual winner. 1.
Winning Platoon was:
1.Platoon(Gurkha Coy)
2.Platoon (Gurkha Coy)
3.Platoon ('A' Coy)
1964 – 1st GREEN JACKETS (43rd & 52nd) – BORNEO.
As part of the "Hearts and Minds" campaign Major R. M. Koe presented bookcases and books to villages in the Bau District.
1965 – 1st GREEN JACKETS (43rd & 52nd) – MONTGOMERY BKS, BERLIN.
The Regiment won the Army Swimming Championship held at Eltham Baths, London, defeating 3rd Bn, Parachute Regiment by two points.
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