Unit / Ship / Establishment:


1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

  Detail :

 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Ahmednagar, India. Attached to 17th Indian Brigade of 6th (Poona) Division, Indian Army. 27 November 1914 : moved to Mesopotamia. 29 April 1916 : Bn captured after surrender of garrison at Kut-el-Amara. A Provisional Bn was formed from the reinforcements and details who were not captured, which was attached to 28th Indian Brigade, 6th Poona Division. This Provisional Bn was renamed 1st Bn on 6 July 1916. 19 October 1917 : transferred to 50th Indian Brigade in 15th Indian Division. Remained in Mesopotamia throughout the war.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Capt. J.H. COURTIS  22-11-1915 Kerala No.2188
Lodge Orion in the West No.415
Royal Connaught No.2377
 Pte. A. WADELIN  28-03-1916 Lodge of St Barnabas No.948
 2Lt B. VOKES  15-02-1917 Noel Money No.2521

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