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*'''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==
*''The 52nd Light Infantry Fort William, Calcutta, 1929'' is available at the [[National Army Museum]]
== External Links ==
===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*[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
===Other===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>
