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1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry   26th Jan 1940 A New Brigade   28th Jan 1940 Field Return of Officers 1st Feb 1940 Orders 4th Feb 1940 Thaw   25th Apr 1940 Identification 25th Apr 1940 Identification 19th May 1940 Withdrawal 24th May 1940 Rear Guard 24th May 1940 On the Move 25th May 1940 Orders 25th May 1940 Rear Guard 26th May 1940 Rear Guard 27th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 In Action 28th May 1940 In Action 28th May 1940 In Defence 7th June 1940 Reorganisation 11th June 1940 Reorganisation 30th Apr 1943 Orders 15th Apr 1944 Exercise   16th Apr 1944 Exercise   17th Apr 1944 Exercise   18th Apr 1944 Exercise   19th Apr 1944 Exercise   20th Apr 1944 Exercise 21st Apr 1944 Exercise   22nd Apr 1944 Exercise Ends   25th Apr 1944 Sport 27th Apr 1944 Officers Mess 4th Jun 1944 Preparations 5th Jun 1944 Orders Issued 6th Jun 1944 Concentration 8th Jun 1944 Briefing 9th Jun 1944 Orders 10th Jun 1944 Lectures   13th Jun 1944 Shelling 27th Jun 1944 Security 29th Jun 1944 Orders 30th Jun 1944 Orders 1st Jul 1944 Conference 1st July 1944 Orders   2nd July 1944 Reliefs   30th Jul 1944 Reorganisation 31st Jul 1944 Guard 1st Aug 1944 Visit 2nd Aug 1944 Mines 3rd August 1944 Prisoner Taken 4th August 1944 Recce 5th August 1944 Docks Shelled 6th August 1944 Instructions 7th August 1944 Into Position 8th August 1944 Visit 9th August 1944 Padre Departs 10th August 1944 Rockets   11th August 1944 Fire 12th August 1944 Docks Shelled 13th August 1944 Reorganisation 14th August 1944 Shelling 15th August 1944 Move 16th August 1944 Reorganisation 17th August 1944 Reorganisation 18th August 1944 Enemy Withdrawal 19th August 1944 Transport 20th August 1944 Confusion   21st August 1944 Wet Weather 22nd August 1944 Visit 23rd August 1944 In the Dark 24th August 1944 Reorganisation 25th August 1944 Reorganisation 26th August 1944 Drafts 27th August 1944 Transport 28th August 1944 On the Move 29th August 1944 Standing Orders 20th September 1944 Strong Opposition   21st September 1944 Attack Made 22nd September 1944 Objective Taken 23rd September 1944 Artillery in Action 24th September 1944 In Action If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Second World War 1939-1945. Hammond Arthur Charles. Pte. (d.16th May 1940) Hope John Anthony. Capt. (d.17th Aug 1944) Kippax Bernard Charles. L/Cpl. (d.14th February 1945) Knight Ronald. Sgt. (d.24th Oct 1944) Leighton Alfred Thomas. L/Sgt. (d.13th August 1944) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry? There are:1396 items tagged 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Pte. Arthur Charles Hammond 1st Bucks Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.16th May 1940) Arthur Hammon served with the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry. I am hoping to find more information about this hero. I'm from Waterloo where he is buried. Vandermeersch Add to this record. L/Sgt. Alfred Thomas Leighton 1st Btn. Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.13th August 1944) Normandy casualty, Alfred Leighton, served with the 1st Battalion Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in WW2. Alfred died 13th of August 1944 aged 32 years and is buried in Banneville-la-Campagne in France. Son of Arthur and Hannnah Leighton, husband of Dorothy Emily Leighton, of Lye, Worcestershire. I recently acquired his medals and paybook. There was also an army postcard with the paybook, signed by Alfred Thomas, dated 1st of June 1940, mentioning that he was alright. I can only presume he must have sent it after his evacuation from Dunkirk. Sadly there was no photograph of Alfred Thomas. We will remember him. Frederic Mathieu Add to this record. L/Cpl. Bernard Charles Kippax 1st Buckinghamshire Btn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (d.14th February 1945) Bernard Kippax served with the 1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry in WW2. He died 14th of February 1945 age 25 years and is buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery inGermany. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Kippax, husband of Phyllis Helen Kippax of Northcourt, Abingdon, Berkshire. Ryan Hosier Add to this record. Capt. John Anthony Hope 1st Buckinghamshire Btn Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (d.17th Aug 1944) John Hope was born on 20th of April 1919 in Buckinghamshire. John was a Captain in the 1st Bucks Battalion. He was killed on 17th of August 1944. He was 25 years old. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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