The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle 1915 - 1916
An Annual Record of The First and Second Battalions (Formerly the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry) Together with the War Records of the Other Battalions of the Regiment
Compiled and Edited by Captain A. F. Mockler-Ferryman
Volume XXV (From 1st August 1915 to the 30th June 1916)
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd. Government and General Publishers, East Harding Street, EC4.
Contents:
REGIMENTAL DIARY OF THE WAR, 1915-16 p1
THE ARMY LIST, 1ST AUGUST, 1915 p24
SERVICES OF OFFICERS EXTRA-REGIMENTALLY EMPLOYED p29
FORMER OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT EMPLOYED OR RE-EMPLOYED p33
OFFICERS COMMANDING BATTALIONS OF THE REGIMENT BETWEEN 1st AUGUST 1915 AND 30th JUNE 1916 p38
RECORD OF THE 1ST BATTALION p40
RECORD OF THE 2ND BATTALION p196
THE DEPOT p280
TERRITORIAL FORCE BATTALIONS:
1/4th Battalion Record p284
2/4th Battalion Record ` p315
1/1st Bucks Battalion Record p320
2/1st Bucks Battalion Record p331
SERVICE BATTALIONS:
5th Battalion Record p334
6th Battalion Record p402
7th Battalion Record p421
8th Battalion Record p438
ROLL OF HONOUR p449
OBITUARY, 1915-16 p473
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS p475
ILLUSTRATIONS:Municipal Offices at Amara p41
Arab Shops in Amara Bazaar p43
Steamer “P.2,” Parent Ship for 17th Brigade p48
H.M.S. “Comet” p49
The Great Arch at Ctesiphon p87
Old Bridge of Boats, Baghdad p122
Scene in Baghdad City p133
Major L. J. Carter p156
Lieut.-Colonel A. J. F. Eden p194
The Theatre, Bethune p198
Support Trenches, Givenchy p199
52nd Scouts p200
Cleaning up “Birmingham Arcade” p201
Some of the 52nd Pioneers p202
Ecole de Jeunes Filles, Bethune p205
Lieut.-Colonel Eden p207
Captain Posonby and Lieut.-Colonel Eden p209
Lieut. and Quartermaster Warnock and Lieut. Ridout p210
B Company N.C.O.’s in Smoke-helmets p217
German Shells Bursting over New Trench, Givenchy p227
In Beuvry p231
Men’s Billets and Bethune p235
Captain Fowke at Entrance to “Guards Club,” Cuinchy p237
In Cuinchy Trenches p239
“Kingsclere,” Cuinchy p242
Small Centenary at Cuinchy p243
Officers’ Dug-out in Festubert Breastworks p249
Sniping from Front Line Trenches p255
Dinners in the Trenches p263
Ruined Church at Richebourg St. Vaast p267
Captain Fowke in Scottish Trench, Givenchy p269
Lieut. T. E. Withington p270
2nd Lieut. G. Field p271
2nd Lieut. L. A. Vidal p273
Lieut D. A. D. Sewell p275
The Band of the 1st Battalion at the Depot p282
N.C.O.’s, 2/4th Battalion p317
Officers, 2/4th Battalion p319
Officers of 1/1st Bucks in Trench Kit p325
Railway Wood p335
Machine-gun Firing at Aeroplane p336
Firing a Periscopic Rifle p337
Ypres Square p340
Ypres Cathedral p345
Trench Catapult p347
“Toby” Mortar p367
Ruins of the Water Tower, Ypres p369
Canal Bank Dug-outs, Ypres p377
Trench Mortar p381
Grande Place, Arras p386
Hotel de Ville, Arras p387
Captain H. H. Cobb p397
2nd Lieut. Le Messurier using a Periscope p399
Lieut.-Colonel E. D. White p402
Vlamertinghe p417
Ruins of Ypres p419
Lieut.-Colonel F. J. Newton-King p423
Officers of the 7th Battalion p425
Captain C. P. Ker p433
Captain and Adjutant L. J. Ellis p435
Captain C. F. K. Carfrae p450
Captain J. W. Backhouse p451
Captain J. H. Courtis p453
Captain F. M. Davenport p453
Captain of the Hon. J. C. W. S. Foljambe p455
Major C. E. Forrest, D.S.O. p456
2nd Lieut. T. F. H. Freemantle p457
Captain S. F. Hammick p459
2nd Lieut. E. R. G. Hughes p460
Captain A. N. Carew Hunt p461
2nd Lieut. C. Hurst-Brown p462
Lieut. J. M. H. Jackson p463
Lieut. J. S. Kearsley p464
Captain R. O. Logan p466
Lieut. P. F. Newton-King p467
Captain A. W. N. Posonby p467
Major R. V. Simpson p468
Captain F. C. W. Wynter p471
MAPS: (facing page)
Mesopotamia Frontispiece
Battle of Es Sinn p68
Battle of Ctesiphon p88
Defences of Kut-el-Amara p99
Operations for the Relief of Kut-el-Amara p147
Northern France and Part of Belgium p197
Western Front from Bethune to St. Quentin p428
Neighbourhood of Ypres p448
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.
