Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Subject: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghanshire L.I. Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:35 am
Hi all, in 1881 through Cardwell the 43rd and 52nd were amalgamated to become the Ox and Bucks.and again through the Haldane reform of 1908 the regiment was reorganized. now.what i read somewhere was that elements ( 4 companys ) of the SWB'S ( Territorial's, Militia )was drafted to them to make up the numbers. is this correct. i have of course never found that reference again. can somebody help with this please. thank you
kwajimu1879
Posts : 420 Join date : 2011-05-14
Subject: Re: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghanshire L.I. Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:01 pm
Xhosa2000,
The old 43rd was originally raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot in 1741.
Then in 1747 it was renamed the 54th Regiment of Foot, later that same year became the 43rd Regiment of Foot.
In 1751 the regiment received the county designation 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot, and it would remain so until 1881 when it amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, to become the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
It may be the designation 'Monmouthshire' may have caused the confusion here as obviously Monmouthshire Militia were part of the 24th's reserve/volunteer forces, but 'Old Monmouth' were certainly a Light Infantry unit, and I am sure that there is a rifles' pace march entitled 'Old Monmouth'.
'Jimu
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Subject: Re: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghanshire L.I. Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:46 pm
Hi kwajimu1879 Thanks for your quick response, yes i must be confused, the reference is lost to me and ive been racking my brain as to why i had thought i had seen something... I have kept a framed image of the Ox and Bucks which depicts their Colours in 1908,
Will some kind person instruct me how to post images please. cheers
kwajimu1879
Posts : 420 Join date : 2011-05-14
Subject: Re: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghanshire L.I. Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:35 pm
Xhosa,
The way I do it is to post the image to a hosting site, I use Photobucket.
Once the image is on there copy the URL and then paste the URL within the text on your message.
Subject: Re: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghanshire L.I. Mon Jul 08, 2013 12:39 pm
'jimu thank you so much very helpful. the Colours are laid in a beautiful period frame about 2ft 6 inches square. the silk is very bright but to me the union flag looks odd, there no fading at all.maybe thats how it was. cheers xhosa.
Chard1879
Posts : 1261 Join date : 2010-04-12
Subject: Re: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghanshire L.I. Mon Jul 08, 2013 12:50 pm
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