Dates: 1881 - 1958
The regiment was formed by the merging of the 43rd Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 52nd Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), forming the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1881.In 1908 the title of the regiment was changed to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, often shortened to the now famous ’Ox and Bucks’ regiment.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
" The remains of some 400 British and Australian soldiers from the First World War are to be exhumed from a battlefield in France and given individual burials. The excavation of 6 mass graves in Fromelles will begin in May after the sites were discovered by archaeologists last year. The ..."
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" The remains of up to 400 soldiers buried in First World War mass graves are to be exhumed and given individual burials thanks to an Oxford company. Oxford Archaeology has won the contract to excavate the six burial sites at Fromelles, in France, where British and Australian soldiers were ..."
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" At 11.00 am the French bombardment of Hougoumont Farm, on the extreme right of the Allied line, began the battle. The British artillery on the ridge behind the farm replied, cannonading the French infantry massed for the attack on the far side of the valley. At midday Prince Jerome ordered the ..."
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" I have started a mailing list for Old Comrades of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry so that we can keep in touch by e-mail and exchange news and information. To subscribe, go to: , or contact me at and I will add you to the list. Last edited by Roy Bailey"
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" I have started a mailing list for Old Comrades of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry so that we can keep in touch by e-mail and exchange news and information. To subscribe, go to: , or contact me and I will add you to the list. "
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