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| − | [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> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br> |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets Royal Green Jackets] Wikipedia<br> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br> |
| − | [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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets Royal Green Jackets] Wikipedia<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> | + | *[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://www.sofo.org.uk The Museum for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]] and 52nd Regiments. The collection is now owned by the Royal Green Jackets Museum Trust.<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> |
| − | [http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/home.asp The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]], 52nd and [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th]] Regiments,and [[The Rifle Brigade|the Rifle Brigade]]. <br> | + | *[http://www.sofo.org.uk The Museum for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]] and 52nd Regiments. The collection is now owned by the Royal Green Jackets Museum Trust.<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> | + | *[http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/home.asp The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]], 52nd and [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th]] Regiments,and [[The Rifle Brigade|the Rifle Brigade]]. <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> | + | *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> | ||
| + | *[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2008-weekly/nos-02-03-2008/foo.htm#1 British era cemeteries in the Khyber Pass, including that at Landi Kotal] jang.com.pk March 2008. "A good number of them [graves] belong to the soldiers of 2nd battalion of the Oxford Light Infantry (O.L.I.)" and it includes reference to the [[Tirah Campaign]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 05:33, 17 October 2011
Also known as The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
Contents
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
- 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 Google Books. Page 25 details the circumstances of the service in Madras in 1793 including the loss of life when the ship blew up
- Reminiscences of school and army life, 1839 to 1859 by John Arthur Bayley 1875 Archive.org. The author went to India in 1852.
- 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
- 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wikipedia
- Royal Green Jackets Wikipedia
- 52nd (the Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Museum for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust covers the 43rd and 52nd Regiments. The collection is now owned by the Royal Green Jackets Museum Trust.
- The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum covers the 43rd, 52nd and 60th Regiments,and the Rifle Brigade.
- This link from 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.
- 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.[1]
- British era cemeteries in the Khyber Pass, including that at Landi Kotal jang.com.pk March 2008. "A good number of them [graves] belong to the soldiers of 2nd battalion of the Oxford Light Infantry (O.L.I.)" and it includes reference to the Tirah Campaign
References
- ↑ 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.
