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The 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a light infantry regiment of the British Army throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries. The regiment first saw active service during the American War of Independence, and were posted to India during the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
The regiment was formed as a consequence of the 1881 Childers Reforms, a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms, by the amalgamation of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), forming the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 1 July 1881. [1]
Officers of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot from 1755 to its amalgamation with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry in 1881 when it became the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire Light Infantry. The Battalion was renamed the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1908.
Crosse was commissioned into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1906 and was posted to the 2nd battalion known as the 52nd. The regiment became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1908. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1909 and appointed adjutant of the 2nd Ox and Bucks (the 52nd) in March 1913. Crosse was awarded the DSO in ...
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1803 [20] 52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1803–1821 [20] 1755 Raised as 54th Regiment of Foot 1755, renumbered 52nd in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot. [20] 1881: 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry: The Rifles: 53: 53rd Regiment of Foot (10th Marines ...
The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum was established at the barracks in 1925 [7] and during the Second World War the barracks were used as a base for the Home Guard. [8] The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry left the barracks in 1959 and, although the men's quarters were retained, the keep was subsequently ...
Soldiers (other ranks) of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot from 1755 to its amalgamation with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry in 1881 when it became the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire Light Infantry. The Battalion was renamed the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1908.
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