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2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry



28th May 1916 On the Move  location map

10th Jun 1916 In the Trenches  location map

15th Jun 1916 Relief Complete  location map

21st Jun 1916 Reliefs

27th Jun 1916 Patrols

6th Jul 1916 On the March  location map

12th Jul 1916 Reliefs Completed  location map

19th Jul 1916 Attack Made  location map

27th Jul 1916 Reliefs  location map

15th Aug 1916 Reliefs

19th Aug 1916 Trench Raids

21st Aug 1916 Reliefs Completed

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19th Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed

27th Sep 1916 Reliefs  location map

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26th Nov 1916 Reliefs  location map

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23rd Feb 1917 Reliefs

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23rd Apr 1917 Reliefs

30th Apr 1917 Reliefs

6th Jun 1917 Reliefs

4th Jul 1917 Horse Show

20th Aug 1917 Reliefs

22nd Aug 1917 Attack Made  location map

23rd Aug 1917 Reliefs  location map

8th November 1917 Postings

18th Mar 1918 Reliefs Complete

18th Mar 1918 Reliefs Completed

19th Mar 1918 Reliefs Completed  location map

20th Mar 1918 Raid  location map

21st Mar 1918 In Defence

21st Mar 1918 Attack

22nd Mar 1918 Aerial Battles

23nd Mar 1918 In Defence

24th Mar 1918 Holding the Line

25th Mar 1918 Enemy Attacks

28th Mar 1918 Move

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Those known to have served with

2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Copinger John Patrick. 2nd. Lt. (d.10th September 1917)
  • Layton Philip Humbert. Pte (d.8th May 1918)
  • Measey George. Pte. (d.5th Oct 1918)
  • Neale William Henry. Pte. (d.Chadwick End, Knowle)

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  Pte. William Henry Neale 6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.Chadwick End, Knowle)

William Neale

My grandad, William Neale, took part in Battle of Langemark in 1917. He received a gunshot wound to his back on 20th of Sept 1917 and was sent back to Aston Hospital to recover where he met my nanna. He later went to Egypt with the 2/4th Battalion until 1919. He died in 1972

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Martin Neale






  2nd. Lt. John Patrick Copinger 2/4th Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.10th September 1917)

John Copinger was born on 28th August 1888, son of the late Rev. H.E and Annie Stewart Copinger, 30 Sherborne Gardens, Ealing, London.

HeServed with the 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action on 10th September 1917 age 29 years Ypres Salient, Battle of Passchendaele. So ended the attack on Hill 35. Upon its slopes were added our dead to the dead of many regiments. But our casualties were few considering that the attack had been brought to a standstill by machine-gun fire. Of D Company officers Guest was wounded (he had behaved with gallantry in the attack) and Copinger missing. He is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery (the cemetery was created after the Armistice and is the final resting place for 4,500 soldiers who were reburied from the battlefields north east of Ypres). A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1902-05, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com

Caroline Hunt






  Pte. George Measey 2/4th Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (d.5th Oct 1918)

My great uncle, George Measey, was born at Oakley, Buckinghamshire on the 21st December 1888, to Joseph Measey and Martha Elizabeth Gladdy who were landlords of the Royal Oak, Oakley and farmers.

George fought in France and Flanders with the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion. He was taken prisoner of war and sent to Switzerland to recover from illness, but died on the 5th October 1918 aged 29.

His funeral procession

George was buried at Vevet St Martins, Lake Geneva, Switzerland. He along with his brothers, Frank, Thomas and Charles are recorded on the war memorial at Oakley.

I was given his medals and photo by my grandmother Mary Anne Govier [nee Measey] who was married to Henry Govier of Oakley. Although I never had the opportunity to meet with him he is remembered in our family along with his brothers who never came back to live with their family in Oakley.

Stephen Govier






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