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===Historical Books Online===
===Historical Books Online===
*''Historical Record of the Fifty - Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the year 1755 to the year 1858'' by W S Moorsom 1860 [http://books.google.com/books?id=jcU_AAAAYAAJ Google Books].  [http://books.google.com/books?id=jcU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25 Page 25] details the circumstances of the service in Madras in 1793 including the loss of life when the ship blew up
*''Historical Record of the Fifty - Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the year 1755 to the year 1858'' by W S Moorsom 1860 [http://books.google.com/books?id=jcU_AAAAYAAJ Google Books].  [http://books.google.com/books?id=jcU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25 Page 25] details the circumstances of the service in Madras in 1793 including the loss of life when the ship blew up
*''The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, (the 52nd Light Infantry) at the Battle of Waterloo, Volume 2'' by William Leeke 1866 Google Books contains a section on the [http://books.google.com/books?id=NPtFVRXjJsMC&pg=PA385 Regiment during the Indian Mutiny], page 385
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencessc00baylgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Reminiscences of school and army life, 1839 to 1859'']  by John Arthur Bayley 1875 Archive.org. The author went to India in 1852.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencessc00baylgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Reminiscences of school and army life, 1839 to 1859'']  by John Arthur Bayley 1875 Archive.org. The author went to India in 1852.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073630968#page/n9/mode/2up ''An unrecorded chapter of the Indian mutiny: being the personal reminiscences of Reginald G. Wilberforce, late 52nd Light Infantry, compiled from a diary and letters written on the spot''] 1894 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073630968#page/n9/mode/2up ''An unrecorded chapter of the Indian mutiny: being the personal reminiscences of Reginald G. Wilberforce, late 52nd Light Infantry, compiled from a diary and letters written on the spot''] 1894 Archive.org

Revision as of 11:53, 24 October 2011

Also known as The Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Chronology

  • 1755 raised as 54th Regiment of Foot
  • 1757 renumbered as the 52nd Regiment of Foot
  • 1781 became the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1803 became the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Light Infantry
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot to become the regiment later known as the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 1908 became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 1958 re-titled as the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
  • 1966 amalgamated with the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade to become the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets
  • 1992 1st Battalion disbanded

Regimental Journal

  • The Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chronicle , 1895(-1908). An annual record of the First and Second Battalions, formerly the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry. Volumes 4-17 are available at the British Library
  • The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle from Volume 18 is also available at the British Library and a broken range of editions is available at the National Army Museum

Histories

External Links

Historical Books Online

Other

References

  1. Alfred Madgwick’s service record (service number 19150) , available on the commercial site Ancestry.co.uk, indicates that he served with the B Company No. 1 Reserve Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry from June 1916 to November 1918 stationed at Wellington (possibly Wellington Barracks, Bangalore) and Bangalore. India List thread and email to User: Maureene dated 6 July 2011.