The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle 1957: An Annual Record of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Compiled and Edited by Brigadier-General C. G. Higgins, C.M.G., D.S.O., D.L. Volume LIX January to December 1957.

Published 1958 - Sydney Lee (Exeter) Ltd. Hardcover.

 

Contents:

1. The Army List -p.1


2. Extracts from the 'London Gazette' 1957 -p.3


3. Regular Officers of the Regiment Extra-Regimentally Employed on December 31st, 1957 -p.6


4. Former Officers of the Regiment on the Active List December 31st, 1956 -p.7


5. Battle Honours Awarded for the Second World War -p.8


6. Infantry Reorganisation 1957 -p.9


7. Major-General M. M. A. R. West, C.B., D.S.O. -p.10


8. Records of the First Battallion -p.11


9. Summary of the First Battalion Diary -p.14


10. First Battalion Letter -p.23


11. Address Given to the Regiment by Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. J. Read, D.S.O., M.C. -p.30


12. Visit of Major-General C. L. Firbank to First Battalion -p.32


13. First Battalion Records of Sport and Training 1957 -p.34


14. Records of Regimental Headquarters -p.49


15. Regimental Headquarters Letter -p.50


16. Records of the Fourth Battalion -p.54


17. Fourth Battalion Letter -p.57


18. Regimental Dinner -p.61


19. 52nd Light Infantry Luncheon (First World War) -p.62


20. 52nd Light Infantry Dinner (Second World War) -p.63


21. Operations in Cyprus 1956-57 -p.64


22. Centenary of the Storming of the Cashmere Gate -p.70


23. Delhi 1857 (Papers of Lt.-Col. C. K. Crosse) -p.74


24. Two New Customs -p.77


25. The Security Forces in the Kenya Emergency -p.80


26. Busman's Holiday in Portugal 1957  -p.93


27. In Statuo Pupillaris -p.98


28. A Tour with the Royal Navy -p.108


29. The Unveiling and Dedication of the Light Infantry Window at Strensall -p.112


30. A Visit to Corunna 1957 -p.113


31. Memorial Chapel, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst -p.118


32. A Visit to Papua and New Guinea -p.119


33. The Walls of Ayia Phyla -p. 126


34. The View from Limassol 1956-57 -p.129


35. Old Comrades' Association 1957 -p.138


36. Obituary -p.139


37. Index -p.142

Please Note: Original copies supplied, all in used but reasonable condition. Copy supplied may vary slightly from the one pictured in terms of wear and aging.