7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

The 7th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was raised at Oxford in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army and joined 78th Brigade. 26th Division. The units of the new division began to to assemble in the Salisbury Plain area from September 1914. Training was much improvised as equipment and Khaki uniforms were not available until early spring 1915. They proceeded to France on the 21st September 1915, landing at Boulogne and the division concentrated at Guignemicourt to the west of Amiens. In November 1915 26th Division moved to Salonika via Marseilles. On the 26th of December they moved from Lembet to Happy Valley Camp. In 1916 hey were in action in the Battle of Horseshoe Hill in 1917 the fought in the First and Second Battles of Doiran. In mid 1918 some units of the Division moved back to France and the remainer were in action in the Third Battle of Doiran and the Pursuit to the Strumica Valley. Advance units crossed the Serbian-Bulgarian boarder on the 25th of September but the Armitice with Bulgaria came just two days later. The Division advanced towards Adrianople in Turkey, but fighting was soon at an end and 26th Division became part of the Army of the Danube and later the Occupation of Bulgaria. Demobilisation began in February 1919, with Italian troops arriving to replace British units.

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Bradshaw Harold. Sgt. (d.9th May 1917)
Measey Frank. Cpl. (d.22nd June 1918)
Willis George. Pte. (d.6th Oct 1915)

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Sgt. Harold Bradshaw 7th Btn. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.9th May 1917)

Harold Bradshaw was born in Radcliffe, Lancashire on the 5th June 1891. He later went to work as a coal miner in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire (now South Yorkshire). On the 9th of May 1917 he was reported as missing in Salonica, Greece and was later reported as killed in action same day. Having no known grave he is remembered on the Doiran Memorial. At home he is remembered on the World War 1 Memorial Plaque inside Ardsley Christ Church, Barnsley.
Valerie Parkinson

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Pte. George Willis 7th Btn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (d.6th Oct 1915)

George Willis of the 7th Bn Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry died 6th October 1915 age 26. His name is on the Thiepval Memorial.
Marilyn Hammond

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Cpl. Frank Measey 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.22nd June 1918)

My great uncle, Frank Measey, was born in Oakley, Buckinghamshire on the 8th January 1895, to Joseph Measey and his wife Martha Elizabeth Gladdy who were farmers and publicans. The Measey family lived at The Royal Oak in Oakley.
Frank and his brother George joined the Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Light Infantry during the 1st World War as did their brothers Charles and Thomas, who later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. All four brothers are recorded on the war memorial at Oakley.
Frank was killed in action on the 22nd June 1918 whilst fighting in Salonika. He is buried at the Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. My great uncle's medals, death plaques, letters and prayer books were passed onto me by my grandmother and will be passed on through our family. She was Mary Ann Govier [nee Measey) the sister of Frank, George, Charles and Thomas. She was married to Henry Govier of Oakley.
Some years ago I was at the rememberance service at Oakley church and spoke to the congregation about my great uncles. Although I never met them, I have researched their stories and am proud of their sacrifice, but sad that I never had the opportunity to meet them. Not many families lost four soldiers during the 1st World War and it is a fitting tribute to remember them.
Stephen Govier

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