WW1 Regimental Diary

First World War

FIRST WORLD WAR DIARY: Little sign of festivities in battalion’s grim record

Following their victory at Nonne Bosschen, troops from the 2nd Battalion of the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry made their way out of Belgium and back into France at the end of 1914

Following their victory at Nonne Bosschen, troops from the 2nd Battalion of the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry made their way out of Belgium and back into France at the end of 1914

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Relative peace and quiet after Nonne Bosschen rout

Under French’s Command, painted by WB Wollen and exhibited at the Royal Acadamy in 1916, shows 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry driving the Germans out of Nonne Bosschen wood, near Ypres, Belgium, on November 11

Under French’s Command, painted by WB Wollen and exhibited at the Royal Acadamy in 1916, shows 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry driving the Germans out of Nonne Bosschen wood, near Ypres, Belgium, on November 11

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Waterloo spirit lived on as troops decimated Germans

Marks in red show where the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire regiment fought in September 1914

Marks in red show where the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire regiment fought in September 1914

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‘We looked for places to dig trenches as extra precaution’

The Aisne Battlefield

The Aisne Battlefield

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War diaries come to life in labour of love

BEF troops march through a village in northern France

BEF troops march through a village in northern France

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War Diaries - retreating as the Germans advance