Ox and Bucks Beret

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posted on 2024-06-05, 17:43 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

<p dir="ltr">The beret has the cap badge of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry. This regiment was present at Pegasus Bridge on the evening of D-Day the two bridges needed to be taken. The codewords for successful missions in taking both were ham and jam. This cap badge was acquired many years ago </p>

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Cap badge

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Ox and Bucks Light Infantry (?)

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Richard Evans

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Shared at Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Gwynedd on 23 and 24 September 2023.

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118679 | RWF001

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Their Finest Hour World War Two D Day D-Day Landings Invasion Normandy Normandy Landings Operation Neptune Operation Overlord D-Day Photo Photograph Photographs Photos

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