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52nd Regiment of Foot

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[http://web.archive.org/web/20080112115438/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/052-757.htm 52nd (the Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221222420/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/052-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080106070508/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/043OBLI.htm The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080109081127/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/043-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221222420/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/052-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
This link from [http://www.1914-1918.net/oxbucks.htm www.1914-1918.net] advises that the 1st (Garrison) Battalion was formed in Portland in September 1915, and moved to India in February 1916, where it then remained.<br>There was a company called the No. 1 Reserve Battalion which appears to have been stationed in India from June 1916 to 1918 at Bangalore.<ref>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 [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-07/1309718897 thread] and email to User: Maureene dated 6 July 2011.</ref> == References ==<references />
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