80th Anniversary of D-Day: Oxfordshire to the Orne
Oxfordshire & D-Day What were the Oxfordshire regiments roles on D-Day? The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry committed three battalions to the Normandy campaign in 1944, with two landing on the 6th June 1944 – one by air, one by sea. 2nd Battalion (52nd), Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division Part of 6th Airborne Division, 2nd Battalion were some of the first Allied troops to…