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52nd Regiment of Foot

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*[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>
*Some regimental archives are available at [http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives Hampshire Archives and Local Studies]
*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>
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