Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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British Army regiment infantry battalion infantry regiment

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a historic British Army light infantry regiment that served in major conflicts including both World Wars before later being amalgamated into the Royal Green Jackets.

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Label	Occurrences
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry canonical	4
2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment ⓘ infantry battalion ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
alliedTo	Allies of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ Allies of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto	1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Royal Green Jackets NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
battalion	1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed	1881 ⓘ
disbanded	1966 ⓘ
engagement	First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayan Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedByAmalgamationOf	43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) NERFINISHED ⓘ 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
honour	battle honours from the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterPartOf	Royal Green Jackets NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryUnitType	light infantry ⓘ
nickname	The Ox and Bucks NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAction	Pegasus Bridge assault, Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	glider-borne assault on Pegasus Bridge on D-Day ⓘ
operation	D-Day landings NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Tonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Light Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) NERFINISHED ⓘ 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRecruitingArea	Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalDepot	Cowley Barracks, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMarch	The Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMuseum	Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalRole	light infantry tactics and rapid movement ⓘ
regimentalTradition	light infantry drill ⓘ
service	British Empire and Commonwealth conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Burma Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ North-West Europe 1944–1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Sir Bernard Paget → militaryUnit → Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ⓘ

subject surface form: Bernard Paget

The Royal Green Jackets (historical) → precededBy → Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ⓘ

subject surface form: The Royal Green Jackets

D Company, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry → partOf → Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

D Company, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry → regiment → Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ⓘ

Major John Howard → associatedWith → Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ⓘ

subject surface form: John Howard

Bénouville Bridge → capturedBy → Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry