No.30 - Middlesex Heraldry Society

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Militaria No. 25 - The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Raised in 1741 as Colonel Fowke's Regiment of Foot and numbered the 54th Foot, the regiment, according to the usual practice, changed its name with its colonels until 1748 when it was renumbered as the 43rd Foot. In 1751 the regiment became the 43rd Regiment of Foot and in 1782 the 43rd (or the Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and, later, the 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot. The nicknames of the regiment were Wolfe's Own from the regiment's part in the capture of Quebec under General Thomas Wolfe in 1759 and The Light Bobs in celebration of the fact that the 43rd was the first regiment to adopt the 160/140 pace to the minute double past. The badge of the 43rd is described as - A bugle with strings. Within the strings the numerals 43. The 43rd's junior partner was the 52nd (or the Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) which had been raised in 1755 by Colonel Hedworth Lambton as the 54th Regiment Of Foot. In 1757 it was renumbered as the 52nd Regiment of Foot and, in 1782 became the 52nd (or the Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot. The badge is the same as the 43rd except for the 52nd in the centre. There were no nicknames associated with the 52nd. In 1881, the two regiments amalgamated to become the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry even though the Monmouthshire Light Infantry (43rd) was the senior regiment. Both regiments had been converted to Light Infantry in 1803 and were part of the Light Division during the Peninsular War. In 1908 the title of the regiment changed to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. The badge of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry is described as - A stringed bugle horn. The motto of the regiment is Honi Soit Qui Mai y Pense (Evil be to him who Evil Thinks) In 1958 the regiment was redesignated 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd). The last change took place in 1966 when the regiment amalgamated with the 2nd and 3rd Green Jackets - Kings Royal Rifle Corps and The Rifle Brigade respectively to form the Royal Green Jackets. The badge of the Royal Green Jackets is described as - A Maltese Cross bearing a circle enclosing a stringed Bugle-horn, all within a laurel wreath. On the arms of the cross 16 battle honours from QUEBEC to PEGASUS BRIDGE Below - a Naval Page 6 Crown superscribed COPENHAGEN 2 April, 1801. Above - PENINSULA upon a tablet, ensigned with The Crown. The 43rd/52nd fought at Quebec, Martinique, Mysore and in Hindoostan. The Peninsular War added Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Badajoz, Nivelle, Orthes, Pyrenees, Salamanca, Toulouse & Vittoria to the regiment's battle honours. The regiment is proud to have fought at Waterloo whilst Delhi 1857 was awarded for the part it played during the Indian Mutiny. It was involved in the Boer War and took part in the Relief of Kimberley. Among its many other battle honours are Mons, Marne, Aisne, Loos, Ypres, Somme, Arras, Menin Road, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Bapaume and Kut al Amara (Mesopotamia) in the Great War. In WWII the regiment earned the battle honours Normandy Landing, Caen, Enfidaville (North Africa) Salemo, Anzio, Arakan Beaches (Burma) and Pegasus Bridge, where a contingent from the 2nd (Airlanding) Bn under Major Howard captured the bridge soon after the Allied landings in France in 1944. The Victoria Cross has been won by six members of the regiment - three in the Indian Mutiny, one in the Third Maori War (1863-6) and two in the Great War. The first two awards were to Bugler R. Hawthorne at The Kashmir Gate, Delhi and to Lance-Corporal H. Smith, later Colour Sergeant, at Chandni Chowk, India - both on the same day - 14th September 1857. At 3.00am on 28th April 1917, in the small village of Fayet, near St. Quentin in France, Company Sergeant Major Edward Brooks won his VC. When gazetted the citation read - For most conspicuous bravery. This Warrant Officer, while taking part in a raid on the enemy's trenches, saw that the front wave was checked by an enemy machine-gun at close quarters. On his own initiative, and regardless of personal danger, he rushed forward from the second wave with the object of capturing the gun, killing one of the gunners with his revolver and bayoneting another. The remainder of the gun's crew then made off, leaving the gun in his possession. Company Sergeant Major Brooks then turned the machine-gun on to the retreating enemy, after which he carried it back into our lines. By his courage and initiative he undoubtedly saved many casualties, and greatly added to the success of the operations. The Regimental Headquarters and the Regimental Museum are to be found at Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Hampshire. The recruitment area covers Greater London, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The Roll of Honour (shown overleaf) designed by David Hubber, Chairman of the Heraldry Society, includes not only the regimental badge but also the arms of the City and County Borough of Oxford - Argent an ox Gules armed and unguled Or passing over a ford of water in base barry wavy Azure and Argent and of the Borough of Buckingham - per pale Sable and Gules a swan rousant wings inverted and expanded Argent ducally gorged Or.
THIS ROLL Of HONOUR IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF 1408 OFFICERS WARRANT-OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE OXFORDSHIRE AND Buckinghamshire Light INFANTRY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR MCMXXXIX- MCMX XXXV It was with great sadness that we learned of the death on 14th October of Joan Pearson the sister of Mary and sister-in-law of Leslie Pierson Although not a member of the Chiltern Heraldry Group she was a staunch supporter particularly with the help she gave to provide the splendid teas for which the Group are renowned She attended nearly every meeting and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. We in the Middlesex Heraldry Society offer Mary and Les our sincere sympathy in their great loss. AGM At the AGM on 16th September the officers and Committee were re-elected en bloc as follows: Chairman Kay Holmes Vice-Chairman Marjorie Kirby Treasurer Stuart Whitefoot Minutes Secretary Margaret Young Committee Ron Brown Don Kirby Roger Matthews Nan Taylor Page 7 The Mercers Guild [We apologise to Ron Edwards for suggesting that the Mercers' School had been endowed with the estate Henry VII had granted to the Company in 1541. Henry VII died in 1509 and we should, of course have referred to his son, Henry VIII. Seaxe No.28, page 5.] Welsh Wizardry Many of our Readers will be aware of the marvellous armorial paintings in colour by Tony Jones - a full list of available titles is given below:- 1. The arms of Glamorgan families. 2. Coats of Arms of the old counties of Wales. 3. The Coats of Arms of Norman Families in Glamorgan - c.1093-1536. 4. The Coats of Arms of the Marcher Lords of Glamorgan. 5. The Coats of Arms of English Knights at the Battle of Crecy - 1346. 6. The Coats of Arms of English Knights at the Battle of Agincourt. 7. The Coats of Arms of the Knights who fought at Bannockburn - 24 June 1314. 8. The Coats of Arms of the Lancastrian & Yorkist Knights who fought at Towton on Palm Sunday, 29 March 1461. 9. The Knights of Bosworth - 1485. 10. Marchogion O'r Bedd Crist - Welsh Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. 11. The Coats of Arms of the Barons who sealed Magna Carta. 12. The Coats of Arms from the stained glass windows of Margam Castle. 13. The Heraldry of the Mediaeval Inlaid Paving Tiles of Neath Abbey. 14. Ecclesiastical Heraldry in Cardiff Castle. 15. Heraldry of Stuart in Cardiff Castle. 16. Anglo-Scottish Heraldry in Cardiff Castle (I). 17. Anglo-Scottish Heraldry in Cardiff Castle (II). 18. Heraldry in Wales (I). 19. Heraldry in Wales (II). 20. Heraldry in Wales (III). 21. Heraldry in Talygarn House. 22. Crests of Families associated with Glamorgan. 23. Coats of Arms of those persons connected with the Gunpowder Plot - 5 November 1605. 24. Heraldry in the Churches of Glamorgan (1). 25. Heraldry in the Churches of Glamorgan (II). 26. Heraldry in the Churches of Glamorgan (III). 27. The Arms of Welsh Hereditary peers in the House of Lords - 1999. 28. The Arms of the Bishops of Llandaff - 1244-1595. 29. The Arms of the Bishops of Llandaff - 1595-1905*. 30. The Heraldry of Llandaff Cathedral. 31. The Coats of Arms borne by Englishe Knights who fought at the Battle of Falkirk - 2 July 1298. 32. The Fifteen Noble Tribes of Gwynedd. *Projected All titles are available direct from:- Anthony L. Jones, 37, Heol Croesty, Pencoed, Mid Glamorgan CF35 5LS (Tel: 01656 860217) The sheets cost £1.70 each plus postage.
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