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302b The Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
a 4l Lieut. Bayley served in the South African war in 1899-iqoo with the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry
s Transport Officer, took part in the march from Modder River to Bloemfontein, and was present in the engage-
ments at Klip Drift, Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, and Driefontein, and the occupation of Bloemfontein, and in the
operations of Knox's Column in Orange River Colony, including many minor engagements,
42 Lieuts. Fuller and Kirkpatrick, and Second Lieut. Logan served in the South African war in 1 899-1900 with
the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
43 Lieut. King served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhai t 111
1897-98 with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry with the Mohmand Field Force, and with the Peshavvur
Column and the 5th Brigade Tirah Expeditionary Force including the operations in the Bara Valley (Medal with
two Clasps).
44 Captain Ross served throughout the Egyptian war of 1882 with the Cameron Highlanders, and was present
at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star). Served in the South African war in 1899-1900
as Quarter Master 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry, took part in the march from Modder River to Bloem-
fontein, and was present in the engagements at Klip Drift, Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, and Dr.efontein, and the
occupation of Bloemfontein— invalided home (hon. rank of Captain).
Record oj the Services of the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry, — formerly the wd (Monmouthshire
Light Infantry) Regiment.
Raised in 1741. Minorca, to 1747. Ireland, to 1757. America, to 1761. West Indies, to 1763. America, to 1764.
England, to 1774. America, to 1783. England, to 1787. Ireland, to 1792. West Indies, to 1795. England, to
1797. West Indies, to 1600. England, to 1801. Channel Islands, to 1803. England, to July 1807. Denmark, to
Nov. 1807. England, to 1S08. The Peninsula, to 1808 (battle of Vimiera). England, to 1809 (one company
remaining in the Peninsula). The Peninsula, to July 1814 (battles of Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d'Ouor, Ciuda'd
Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse). England, to Oct. 1814. Gulf of Mexico, to
March 1815. England and Belgium, to July 1815. France, to Oct. 1818. England, to 1819. Ireland, to 1822.
Gibraltar and Portugal, to 1827. Gibraltar, to 1830. England, to 1832. Ireland, to 1834. America, to 1846.
England, to 1848. Ireland, to 1851. Cape of Good Hope, to 185;. India, to 1863. New Zealand, to 1866. England,
to 1868. Channel Islands, to 1869. Ireland, to 1872. India, to 1870. Burmah, to 1882. India, to 1887. England, to
1892. Ireland, to 1899. South Africa, 1899.
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry (formerly the 52nd Light Infantry)
Raised in 1755 as the 54th Foot. Numbered 52nd, 1757. To Ireland, 175S. To Canada, 1765. To North
America, 1774. To England, 1778. (Entitled " The Oxfordshire Regiment," 1782.) To India, 1783. To England,
1798. Formed as the 1st Light Infantry Regiment in 1803. To Sicily, 1806. To England, 1808. To Portugal,
1808 (battles of Vimiera and Corunna). To England, 1809. To the Peninsula, 1809 (battles of Busaco, Fuentes
d'Ouor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Ortb.es, and Toulouse). To England, 1814.
To Belgium, 1815 (battle of Waterloo). [2nd Battalion raised in 1807, and proceeded to Copenhagen. To England,
t3o8. To Belgium, 1S14. To England, 1815. Disbanded, 1816.] To England, 1818. To Canada, 1824. To Eng-
land, 18-51. To Gibraltar, 1837. To West Indies, 1838. To Canada, 1842. To England, 1848. To India, 1853
(capture of Delhi). To England, 1864. To Malta, i368. To Gibraltar, 1873. To England, 1874. (Entitled",
"Oxfordshire Light Infantry,'' 1S81.) To Gibraltnr, 1884. To Egypt, 1885. To India, 1886 (N.W. Frontier of
India Campaign, 1897-98).