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==Regimental Journal==
*''The 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle'' 1892-1894. Volumes 1-3 are available at the British Library. Volume 3 is available online, refer below.
*''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]]
*''The 52nd Light Infantry Fort William, Calcutta, 1929'' is available at the [[National Army Museum]]
== External Links links =====Historical Books Onlinebooks online===*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jcU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3''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]. [httphttps://books.google.com.au/books?id=jcU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25 PA26 Page 2526] details the circumstances of the service in Madras in 1793 from 1783 including the loss of life when the ship blew upon arrival.*''A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun: or A Detail of Military Operations from the Commencement Of Hostilities At The Lines Of Travancore In December 1789, Until The Peace Concluded Before Seringapatam In February 1792'' by Roderick Mackenzie, Lieut. 52d Regiment 1799. [https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.7140/page/n3 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.7143/page/n3 Volume II] Archive.org, mirror editions from DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library. *''The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, (the 52nd Light Infantry) at the Battle of Waterloo, Volume 2'' by William Leeke 1866 Google Books contains a section on the [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tGoBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA389 Regiment during the Indian Mutiny], page 389
*[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
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=u4IDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Standing Orders of the 52nd Light Infantry''] 1853 Google Books*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnzrmw?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''The 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle, 1894. Vol. III''] HathiTrust Digital Library.*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211078/page/n5 ''The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the old 43rd and 52nd regiments)''] by Sir Henry John Newbolt. 1915. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.*[https://archive.org/details/teaplantinginout00mcgorich/page/n7 ''Tea planting in the outer Himalayah''] by A T McGowan Assist. Surgn. 52nd Lt. Infty. 1860 Archive.org. The author was based at the Fort of [[Kangra]].
===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>*[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 **Some regimental archives are available at [http://wwwwww3.hants.1914-1918gov.netuk/oxbucksarchives Hampshire Archives and Local Studies]*[http://www.htm wwwlonglongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-light-infantry Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] longlongtrail.net] co.uk, 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. Discussion on the ''Rootsweb India List '', and email to User: Maureene dated 6 July 2011.</ref>*[http://archiverjang.rootswebcom.ancestry.compk/ththenews/readmar2008-weekly/INDIA/2011nos-02-03-072008/1309718897 foo.htm#1 British era cemeteries in the Khyber Pass, including that at Landi Kotal] jang.com.pk threadMarch 2008. "A good number of them [graves] belong to the soldiers of 2nd battalion of the Oxford Light Infantry (O.L.I.)" and email there is reference to User the [[Tirah Campaign]]. Some photographs of headstones are included in this additional link [http: Maureene dated 6 July 2011//sites.rootsweb.<com/~pakwgw/ref>british_cemeteries_fata_landi_kotal.html Landi Kotal Cemetery, Khyber Pass] by Dr Ali Jan.
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