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4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
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Those known to have served with4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Buxton Richard Percy. Capt. (d.15th June 1918)
- Constable MC. James Milton. A/Capt.
- Cooper James. Pte. (d.15th Jun 1918)
- Hope G. H.. Pte. (d.13th Dec 1917)
- Pitts George Allen. 2/Lt.
- Pratley Ernest Walter. Pte. (d.12th Jan 1916)
- Prior Frank Hershel James. Pte.
- Vale Edward Charles. Pte. (d.9th Oct 1917)
- Wicks Walter Henry. Sgt. (d.26th August 1918)
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Capt. Richard Percy Buxton 4th Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.15th June 1918) Captain Richard Percy Buxton, son of Henry & Emily Buxton. Served with the 4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He died on 15th June 1918 age 29 years in Asiago, Italy and is buried in Boscon British Cemetery, Italy. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1902-05, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Sgt. Walter Henry Wicks 4th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (d.26th August 1918) Serjeant Wicks attd. 4th Bn. Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
He was the Son of Isaac and Clara Wicks, of 138, Hurst St., Oxford.
He is buried in the Baro Cemetery, Nigeria.
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Pte. G. H. Hope 1/4th Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.13th Dec 1917) Private Hope is buried in the Mantova Town Cemetery in Italy.
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A/Capt. James Milton Constable MC. 4th Battalion Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry James Constable served as a private with the 1/10th London Regiment and was commissioned into the Ox and Bucks
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2/Lt. George Allen Pitts 1/4th Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry George Allen, my granddad, arrived with a new commission in the 1/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, at Tincourt, Peronne on 27th March 1917. The Battalion fought through the towns of Roisel and Ronssoy before arriving at Duncan Post on a crest above the Hindenburg Line. On 24th April 1917, granddad reported sick with pains in legs and general malaise.
He entered 2nd Southern General Hospital circa 15th May 1917 diagnosed with PUO (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin - fever and fits), later trench fever. His board of 3rd August 1917 recommended transfer to the Southmead section of this hospital and later recorded 'Still running temperature at night. Still complaining of pains in legs, general malaise and a feeling of nausea in the morning. He is tremulous & greatly debilitated and is not yet fit to leave hospital. He sleeps badly, runs an evening temperature 99.8 & 99.4 degrees the last two nights. Gets easily tired. He vomits occasionally after food & is still tremulous. Degree of disability 70%.'
He was transferred to Furness Auxiliary Hospital, Harrogate where neurasthenia was diagnosed. Granddad reported having three nervous attacks before enlistment, so he was discharged in 1918 with his Silver War Badge.
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Pte. Edward Charles Vale Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (d.9th Oct 1917) Edward Vale was born in 1890 at Ely, Cambridgeshire, son of William and Ellen Vale.
He previously served with 2nd Royal Fusiliers and 2nd and 6th Battalions Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry before transferring to the 1/4th Battalion.
His name appears on the War Office Daily Casualty List (Wounded), 24th September 1917, Edward died at Knightshayes V.A.D. Hospital, near Tiverton, Devon, of wounds received in France, 9th of October 1917.
Buried in Chevithorne (St Thomas) Churchyard, Devon, he is remembered on the Stretham, Cambs War Memorial.
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Pte. Ernest Walter Pratley 1st/4th Btn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (d.12th Jan 1916) Ernest Pratley was my Great Uncle. He was killed in Pas de Calais and is buried at Hebuterne War Cemetary. He was married to Margaret Louisa for less than a year when he died. Apparently (though I cannot source it) he was sheltering in a church waiting to come home when the church was bombed. He was about 23 years oldSimon John Broderick Pullin
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