oxford and bucks light infantry records ww2

In February 1941, they became part of the 167th (London) Infantry Brigade, serving alongside the 8th and 9th battalions of the Royal Fusiliers, both Territorial units, and were attached to the 56th (London) Infantry Division. Seeing both the pilot and co-pilot of the glider slump over their joysticks as casualties, he took control of the aircraft and brought it safely down. The battalion, like many others during the assault, suffered heavily as the Germans met the landing gliders with ferocious fire in the air and on the ground; the 2nd Ox and Bucks lost 400 killed or injured out of a total battalion strength of 800 men. The 2nd Ox and Bucks encountered heavy enemy resistance at Kahlstorf, near Emern, on 1617 April and sustained 25 casualties; there were many enemy bomb attacks[65] and the battalion then moved to the hamlet of Gross Pretzier. The 43rd Foot was based in Burma when it became the 1st Battalion. They, and other battalions of the regiment, sustained heavy casualties as part of the defence of the Somme during the Battle of St. Quentin (2123 March), the First Battle of Bapaume (2425 March) and in subsequent battles that saw the Germans achieve significant gains as the battalion was forced back across the old Somme battlefield to the 1916 line on the Ancre. On 7 August the battalion left Breville and apart from moving to Le Mesnil on 13 August for two days continued to hold the line at Chateau St Come on Brville ridge. The Allies launched a counter-attack in early January and the German offensive was defeated later that month, by which time the 53rd (Welsh) Division had been relieved and returned to the Netherlands soon afterwards in preparation for the invasion of Germany. [35], After the enemy Spring offensive lost its momentum, the Germans launched Operation Georgette in April which the Ox and Bucks defended against in the Battle of the Lys and subsequent actions. [109], In October 1945, the 2nd Battalion, as part of 6th Airborne Division, arrived in Palestine as Britain's Imperial Strategic Reserve in the Middle East. In 1887 the battalion returned home, being based in Parkhurst, England. In August the 2nd Ox and Bucks took part in the Battle of Albert (1918) (2123 August) and the Second Battle of Bapaume (31 August 3 September) while the 2/4th Ox and Bucks and the 2/1st Buckinghamshires (both part of 184th Brigade of 61st Division) took part in the advance into Flanders, with both offensives seeing the Allies advance to the Hindenburg Line by early September. After holding the line the 1st Battalion's first major engagement with the enemy during the battle for Caen was the successful attack to capture the village of Cahier and a nearby mill. After service in many conflicts and wars, the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry was, in 1948, reduced to a single Regular Army battalion and on 7 November 1958, following Duncan Sandys' 1957 Defence White Paper, it was renamed the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd), forming part of the Green Jackets Brigade. It moved to Kinsale, Ireland in 1893 and, having been based in other parts of Ireland, returned to England in 1898. (d.3rd Sep 1916) Jaques Charles. A further two officers and 14 soldiers were wounded during the battle for the bridges. The reason for the disbandment was due to a severe shortage of infantrymen that plagued the British Army at the time, particularly so in the Mediterranean theatre. [91], The 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was selected to represent the British Army in providing the Guard of Honour which was commanded by Major Sandy Smith, of D Company, for the meeting between British commander Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and his Soviet counterpart, Rokossovsky, at Wismar, on 7 May 1945. [87], Bill Aldworth, the Quartermaster, was involved in a highly unusual landing. The 52nd Light Infantry was based in Oxford, England when it became the 2nd Battalion. [89] The Germans launched a number of counter-attacks, all of which were repelled. [104], Reinforced by large numbers of anti-aircraft gunners of the Royal Artillery who now found their original roles redundant, the battalion returned to Italy in July and fought in the severe battles around the Gothic Line near Gemmano, again sustaining heavy losses. [93] The 2nd Ox and Bucks crossed the River Elbe on 30 April and the advance continued through Nostorf, Schwartow and Lutterstorf to Bad Kleinen, on the banks of the Schweriner See. and Bucks commander: Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Roberts D Company: Major John Howard Glider No.1 (Serial 91) Staff Sergeant James Wallwork: Glider Pilot Regiment (pilot) The battalions of the Ox and Bucks on the Western Front saw extensive service during the Battle of the Somme (1 July 18 November), suffering heavily, including at Mametz Wood, Pozires and at Ancre, the last major subsidiary battle. The 5th Ox and Bucks remained in a training role throughout the war and did not see active service outside the United Kingdom, aside from briefly serving in Northern Ireland. He served in France with 1st Ox and Bucks (43rd) from September 1939 and was wounded during the fighting there. In March 1917, the Germans began the withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line (14 March 5 April) and at the end of March the 2nd Ox and Bucks moved from the Somme to the back areas of Arras. After transferring from the Light Infantry Brigade to the Green Jackets Brigade in 1958, it merged with two other regiments to form The Royal Green Jackets in 1966. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry This infantry regiment was formed in 1881. 27 November 1914 : moved to Mesopotamia. Just before the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, a small force led by Major John Howard landed in six Horsa gliders and captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. Lieutenant Colonel JH Hare, the battalion's Commanding Officer, was killed during the battle for 's-Hertogenbosch on 28 October and was succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Howard of the 1st Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), and a veteran of the East African Campaign and the Western Desert, who was to command the 1st Ox and Bucks for the rest of the war. The battalions of the Ox and Bucks saw further service in many of the subsidiary battles during the Battle of Passchendaele (also known as Third Ypres) that took place between 31 July6 November. [42], The war ended on 11 November 1918 with the signing of the Armistice between the Allies and Germany. This included the Hamminkeln-Ringenburg road bridge, the railway bridge, Hamminkeln railway station and the road junction to the west. [62] In June 1942, however, the battalion was again transferred, this time to the 71st Infantry Brigade, serving alongside the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment and 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, part of the 42nd Armoured Division. My regiment was the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and I found myself and other young chaps like me out in the front line of action. [106], The 5th Ox and Bucks, part Territorial Army, was raised shortly before the outbreak of war in September 1939. [110], In 1948, following the independence of India, the British Government implemented substantial defence cuts,[111][112] which involved all second battalions in the Line Infantry being abolished or amalgamated with their first battalions; this included the Ox and Bucks. The Colonel Commandant of the regiment General Sir Bernard Paget visited the regiment in November 1952. [46] On 26 April 1916supplies had dwindled significantly and many of the garrison's defenders were suffering from sicknessthe garrison negotiated a cease-fire with the Ottomans and on 29 April the British-Indian force of 8,000 surrendered to the Ottomans, including 400 men of the 1st Ox and Bucks. [1] The former numerical titles of the battalions remained in unofficial usage. 26 November 1942 GPEU, RAF Netheravon Hotspur II HH284 The glider was being used to give air experience flying to Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire LI glider troops and it was released from the tow over the airfield at 500 feet. [49], In October 1915 the British and French landed in Salonika at the request of the Greek Prime Minister. [36], In the summer of 1918, the 2nd Ox and Bucks held the line at Bailleulemont, near Arras. The battalion joined the Lines of Communication (LoC) force and the Provisional Battalion was re-titled the 1st Battalion on 6 July 1917. In addition to the 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, this experimental formation consisted of a further three battalions; the 1st Border, 1st Royal Ulster Rifles, and 2nd South Staffordshires. On 2 May 1945 2nd Ox and Bucks moved eastwards along the same routes that units of the German army complete with heavy tanks, troop carriers and heavy artillery were travelling westwards determined to surrender to the British army and escape from the Soviet army. The division was sent to Persia and Iraq Command and the battalion later fought in the final battle in the Tunisia Campaign in April 1943. Their success helped secure the eastern flank of the landings, prevented the German armour from crossing upriver and attacking into the flank of the British 3rd Infantry Division (who landed at Sword Beach at 07:25) and forced them to move further south via Caen. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (d.12th Jan 1916) At the Battle of Festubert (916 May)[23] which was launched in support of the French attack south of Vimy Ridge and included the first British night action of the war the 2nd Ox and Bucks were part of the second wave of the 5th Brigade attack and, during the course of the battle, suffered just under 400 casualties: the largest number the regiment had sustained in a single battle since the Siege of Badajoz over 100 years earlier. [64], The 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, a Territorial unit of the Ox and Bucks, was converted to a Beach Group battalion in March 1943 and was to provide the infantry support for the 6th Beach Group. [103] Due to the casualties sustained the 7th Battalion was almost disbanded to allow the 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment, a Regular Army unit, to join the 56th Division. The Commanding Officer, with tongue firmly in cheek, put him in for a Distinguished Flying Cross. 2nd Bucks was part of 184th Infantry Brigade, 61st Infantry Division. Following their leading role in the final British offensive, the 2nd Ox and Bucks were at St.Pol, near Valenciennes, after the Armistice. [65] At midnight on 25 March the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) relieved the battalion and by 06.00hrs on 26 March the unit was based in a farm on the west side of Hamminkeln. The regiment won 59 battle honours and four theatre honours. [82], The 2nd Ox and Bucks, along with the rest of the 6th Airborne Division, was withdrawn to the United Kingdom on 2/3 September to recuperate and reorganise. The 2nd Ox and Bucks sustained 632 casualties during the first five months of the war and by 1915 it was a very different battalion from that which had arrived on the Western Front at the start of the war. Obituary: Edmund Richards, Royal Green Jackets Chronicle 2002. It was unveiled in 1923 and is now a grade II listed building. Their role was to locate Nazi scientists and military research facilities. [47], A Provisional Battalion had been formed in January 1916 from reinforcements intended for the 1st Ox and Bucks, joining the 28th Indian Brigade, 7th (Meerut) Division. The war ended on 30 September 1918 with Bulgaria signing an Armistice with the Allies. The soldiers poured out of their battered gliders, completely surprising the German defenders, and taking the bridges within 10 minutes, losing two men Lieutenant Den Brotheridge and Lance corporal Fred Greenhalgh in the process. However, more than 338,000 British, French and Belgian troops were evacuated during the Dunkirk evacuation. Major General Sir John Winterton Colonel Commandant visited the regiment in April 1957. Oxf. [65] The role of the 1st Bucks was to organise the units on the landing beaches[66] and was also deployed to defend the beachhead area from German counter-attacks as troops from the 3rd British Infantry Division moved inland. [65] Richards had served as adjutant 2nd Ox and Bucks (52nd) in India and was mentioned in despatches for service in Burma before the Second World War. This was the 52nd of Waterloo fame who, under the command of Colonel Sir John Colborne, broke a battalion of the Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard. The regiment, following disembarkation, was based for several days at a Transit Camp at Port Said and then moved to Gordon Camp at El Ballah. Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.9th August 1944) Robert Winter, born 16th of January 1923, served with the 1st Battalion Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in WW2. [118] On 1 April 1958, the regiment transferred from the Light Infantry Brigade to the Green Jackets Brigade and on 7 November 1958 the regiment was re-titled the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) and in May 1959 left Cyprus for homethe first time it had been based in the UK since 1939. On 2 January 1945 the battalion moved to Custinne and then to Resteigne. 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The BEF withdrew west towards the Dendre river after the Dutch Army had surrendered during the Battle of the Netherlands, and then withdrew further towards the Scheldt river by 19 May. [72], In October 1941 the battalion, together with the rest of the 31st Brigade, was re-roled as an airborne battalion, specifically as glider infantry, and the 31st Brigade was redesignated the 1st Airlanding Brigade and became part of the 1st Airborne Division. The victory at Falaise signified the end of the Battle for Normandy. During its stay the battalion formed part of the Peshawar column in the Tirah Expedition in the volatile North-West Frontier in 1897; where the battalion saw action in the Khyber Pass, around Koda Khel and Ali Masjid. Following the capture of Lengerich the battalion then moved to Hasbergen, west of Osnabrck. Post-war, elements of the Bucks who had been attached to T-Force, were absorbed into No.1 T Force which continued to search for military secrets in the Ruhr. Sometimes the War Diary was designated as an Intelligence Summary. The 2nd Bucks battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Richards, was stationed in Northern Ireland from June 1940 where the battalion's preparations for war included training exercises at Castledawson, County Londonderry. [11] Also in 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[12] the regiment now had one Reserve battalion and two Territorial battalions. They moved to Havrincourt Wood later that month, and then on 9 February to Metz-en-Couture. On 24 July 1944 it was transferred to the 213th Brigade, which was later redesignated the 140th Brigade, part of the 47th Infantry (Reserve) Division, after the original 140th Brigade was disbanded. The regiment and the rest of the British forces did not take part in a major battle until June 1918 when they participated in the Battle of Asiago (1516 June), that saw the Austro-Hungariansan ally of Germanysuccessfully defeated in their offensive against the Allies; it was the last Austro-Hungarian offensive against Italy. Pte. Ernest Walter Pratley 1st/4th Btn. Following amalgamation, the regiment was re-titled the 1st Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 43rd and 52nd. Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Ahmednagar, India. [70], In February 1945 the 1st Battalion, Ox and Bucks was involved in the Allied invasion of the German Rhineland, including taking part in Operation Veritable (the Battle of the Reichswald): the five-division assault on the Reichswald Forest, where the battalion was involved in heavy fighting against German paratroopers and armour at the village of Asperberg. Each company was designated a landing zone in the area of its objective. During the fighting German troops put out white flags of surrender and then opened fire. [116] Bandmaster, later Major Arthur Kenney was Bandmaster of the 1st Oxford and Bucks from 1949 to 1958 and the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) to 1960 and then took up the same post with the Royal Artillery at Plymouth and finally with the Welsh Guards; he retired from the Army in October 1969. [9], On 16 October 1908,[10] as part of the Haldane Reforms, the regiment's title was altered to become the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, commonly shortened to the Ox and Bucks. He did not get it. [78] After heavy fighting, during which the enemy used mortar and artillery fire, by nightfall the battalion had occupied the village and had captured a number of prisoners and transport. In December 1899 the Second Boer War began and the 1st Battalion arrived in Southern Africa to take part in it. The battle for Kut began on 26 September 1915 and raged for a number of days until the Ottomans went into retreat and Kut was captured on 28 September. The 1st Oxford and Bucks were called back from leave and on 10 August 1956 sailed from Southampton on HMT Dilwara and arrived at Limassol on 20 August 1956. 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. [108] In February 1943, the 2nd Bucks battalion left Northern Ireland and returned to England. The march route was described at the time as " patted, kissed, given usually apple cider and then shot at. The battalion left in May 1947. Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams was appointed Colonel Commandant of the regiment in 1918. [65] The battalion linked up with the Soviet Red Army near the Baltic port of Wismar on 3 May 1945. (d.16th May 1940) Hope John Anthony. The 52nd Light Infantry was based in Oxford, England, when it became the 2nd Battalion. [13][11][14], During the war, the Ox and Bucks raised 12 battalions (17 in all), six of which fought on the Western Front, two in Italy, two in Macedonia and one in Mesopotamia. [43] The battalion was later stationed in Zons, near Cologne, as part of the army of occupation. The 2nd Ox and Bucks and other battalions of the regiment saw much involvement in the Arras Offensive (9 April 16 May), including at the Battles of Scarpe and Arleux. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. In the Italian Campaign, 7th Ox and Bucks took part in the landings at Salerno in September 1943 and then the Anzio landings in February 1944 and sustained heavy casualties in both landings and came under command of the US Fifth Army, led by Lieutenant General Mark Wayne Clark, in both landings. The battalion later fought in the Second Battle of the Odon. The battalion moved to Rochefort on 9 January and by this time the battlefront was moving rapidly eastwards. The battalion saw very heavy fighting at Hamminkeln, where its objectives were the railway station and bridges over the River Issel between Hamminkeln and Ringenburg. Pte. British Army War Diaries were handwritten or typed documents providing a daily account of the activities of British Army units on active service. [83] The battalion went by truck to Arromanches, then were driven out to the Mulberry Harbour and then set sail for Portsmouth; travelling by train to Bulford Camp. Pte. On 19 March the battalion moved to Birch camp, RAF Birch, near Colchester, Essex. Lieutenant Hugh Clark led a bayonet charge to take a road bridge for which he was awarded a Military Cross. They carried out investigations in Hanover, Bremen and Hamburg. The regiment was formed as a consequence of the 1881 Childers Reforms, a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms, by the amalgamation of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), forming the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 1 July 1881. The 2nd Ox and Bucks arrived at Givet, in northern France close to the Belgium border, at 04.00hrs on 25 December to defend the town and bridgehead. [92] A few miles north of Ebstorf D Company 2nd Ox and Bucks discovered a satellite of Bergen Belsen concentration camp. In May 1919, the 2nd Ox and Bucks left Germany where they had been part of the army of occupation and returned to Cowley Barracks, Oxford, the following month. In 1941 the 1st Ox and Bucks commemorated the bicentenary of the 43rd Light Infantry which included a celebratory parade and evening concert. [76], On 13 June the battalion moved to Chateau St Come, approximately one mile south of Breville, where it remained until 20 June when it moved to Le Mesnil. 167 Infantry Brigade World War II Summary 50th Holding Battalion formed in Fleet near Aldershot June 1940 Moved to Crookham, Hants - then to Devon and became the 7th Battalion 1941 - Moved to Devon - Kent - Colchester 1942 - from Colchester drafted in November to Middle East. The battalion was based in Seesen in the Harz Mountains from March 1946 to May 1946 when it moved to Lneburg. [65] The 1st Bucks established themselves on Queen Red and Queen White sectors of Sword Beach opposite La Breche on the easternmost landing site of the invasion. [74] The Germans attempted to re-capture the bridges, but were repulsed. There was heavy shelling by the enemy near the Issel bridge. The 2nd Ox and Bucks moved to Athlit, near Haifa, in November 1946, then to Zerca in Transjordan before returning to Jerusalem in January 1947. It was formed in 1966 by the amalgamation of the three separate regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade: 1st Green Jackets, (43rd and 52nd) 2nd Green Jackets, The [[King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th) 3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle . [65] The battalion's time there was a period of static warfare. In August it took part in an advance towards Falaise, known as Operation Totalize. By August the German offensives had failed and the Allies had launched a counter-attack. [17], In August 1914, the 2nd Ox and Bucks, commanded by Henry Rodolph Davies, arrived on the Western Front, as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps[18] the 2nd Division was one of the first divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to arrive in France. [110] At the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953 the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry guard of honour was commanded by Captain Tod Sweeney. Reprographics: documents and photographs can be scanned on request. For those wanting to find out more about their relatives' wartime service, our Research Enquiry Service aims to provide a summary report on the details of a soldier's service with the county regiments that we hold archival collections for: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and Oxfordshire Yeomanry (Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars . During that conflict the regiment raised nine battalions and the 3rd (Special Reserve) Training Battalion. In April 1943 the battalion moved to Scotland to commence training for its new role. The Oxfordshires returned to England in September 1902 with the conclusion of the war,[4] and was stationed at Chatham. The 1st Ox and Bucks subsequently took part in operations around the Lower Maas that took place during October and November, including forcing the enemy from its position holding a bridgehead over the River Maas, west of Roermond. The battalion formed part of 8th Infantry Brigade in May 1947 and moved to Khassa, near Gaza, in July 1947 and left Palestine in September 1947. The Ox and Bucks Light Infantry had a regimental history dating back to the 18th Century. Capt. The battalion marched to Rhade and then to Coesfeld where they remained until 31 March; they then moved towards Greven. In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the regiment's title was altered to become the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, commonly shortened to the Ox and Bucks. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Martin had the distinction of being the last Commanding Officer of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the first Commanding Officer of the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd). Lieutenant Den Brotheridge led the first platoon to land at Pegasus Bridge followed one minute later by Lieutenant David Wood's platoon. In late January, due to a new policy within the BEF of integrating the Regular and Territorials, the 1st Ox and Bucks was exchanged in 11th Brigade for the 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment and transferred to the 143rd Infantry Brigade, of the 48th Division. The Ox and Bucks, along with the rest of the division, was subsequently employed for a brief period of time on occupation duties in Bulgaria. The 1st Bucks formed part of the 6th Beach Group landing on Sword Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. [5] It moved to India the following year where it was based until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The Allies reached and captured it. Our Archive Enquiry Service & Family History. In October 1943 the brigade became part of the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division and started training for the invasion of North-Western Europe. Richards, always known as " the Baron, " was A/Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 1st Ox and Bucks (43rd) before being evacuated from Dunkirk on 1 June 1940. The 2nd Ox and Bucks were based at Fromlennes from 17 to 24 January when the battalion moved 200 miles north to the Netherlands to Grubbenvorst, near Venlo, on the River Maas, to defend the position there, before returning by trucks to Calais[85] and to UK by ship arriving at Bulford Camp, Wiltshire, on 28 February. Following the crossing the battalion captured Wietersheim and were involved in house to house fighting to secure the village of Frille. The history of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry begins in 1755 when it was raised as the 54th (or Lambton's) Regiment of Foot; two years later it was re-numbered as the 52nd. 8th August 1917. [65], The 2nd Battalion, Ox and Bucks and the rest of the 6th Airborne Division were rushed back to Belgium, by sea and land, to take part in the defence of the Ardennes, after the German offensive began in December 1944. The regiment saw service in France, North Africa, Burma, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. In July companies and platoons of 1st Bucks were transferred to other British divisions, including to the 2nd Ox and Bucks (the 52nd) in the 6th Airborne Division and to the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) and other units in the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, as replacements for the defence of the Normandy bridgehead. [65] Sale was awarded the George Medal for his role in limiting the damage caused by a German air attack, on an ammunition dump at La Breche, near Ouistreham, on 8 June. The battalion fought at Akyab in 1944 and at the main Japanese Base at Tamandu in 1945. Some of the battles that the Ox and Bucks took part in included Menin Road and Polygon Wood in September and early October. However, the 10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, of 168th (London) Brigade, the junior battalion of the division and in an even worse state than 7th Ox and Bucks, was chosen instead, after that battalion had been reduced to only 40 men fit for duty. The 2nd Ox and Bucks captured and held all its objectives. Sgt. The regiment served in the Cyprus Emergency, Brunei Revolt, Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation and West Berlin. [110], In June 1949, the regiment moved to Greece during the civil war in that country. "[65] On 25 August the battalion was ordered to attack and capture the village of Manneville-la-Raoult where a German garrison was based and which was an enemy defensive strongpoint. Whilst at Bad Kleinen small parties from the battalion visited the Red Army units. The battalion acted in a training capacity, sending drafts of replacements overseas and did not see active service again. [75], As the first day of the landings closed, more reinforcements arrived as part of Operation Mallard, they included the rest of the 2nd Ox and Bucks. Hammond Arthur Charles. The regiment left Suez in April 1953. It saw extensive service in the conflict, including in the relief of the besieged British garrison at Kimberley and in the defeat of the Boers at Paardeberg in February. [118], The 1st Oxford and Bucks were due to be posted to Hong Kong however events in Egypt led to the regiment being deployed to Cyprus where it took part in operations against EOKA terrorists. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II . The 1st Ox and Bucks led the advance of 71st Infantry Brigade to the Wilhelmina canal where it encountered strong enemy resistance. Following the battle of Loos few pre-1914 2nd Ox and Bucks officers remained, they had either become casualties or promoted to take up positions in other battalions.

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