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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/Royal_Green_Jackets Royal Green Jackets] 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://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.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://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>*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]]
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