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Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry prior to WW1
« on: Monday 13 November 23 10:21 GMT (UK) »
I am trying to locate William Arthur Richardson 8238 b Brighton 1888, 2nd Battalion,Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
I have tried every permutation that I can think of to find him on the 1911 census, to no avail.
So I thought I would approach it from another angle…namely…finding where the regiment were based in May 1911!
I have his military movements during WW1 but can find nothing prior to 1914. This leads me to my question…is there anyway/anywhere that I can find out the location/movements of the regiment prior to WW1?
*I have tried Aldershot,Hampshire and Sandgate, Kent*
Many thanks 🤞🏻
Mayhew,Birch,Coates,Norman - Suffolk
Masters - Somerset
Richardson, Masters, Langridge, Dyer, Chambers - Sussex
Dyer, Luscombe, Hurrell - Devon
Chambers - Brecon
Lambden, Hawkins - Berkshire
Biggs, Cooper, Druce, Hedges, Haywood, Francis,Ward, Skidmore, Pinfold, Dorn, Gardener, Hopgood - Oxfordshire
Francis, Clarke - Lambeth/Surrey
Rowland, Emmett, Lockhart - Southwark/Middlesex
Simpson, Exall, Mann, Frisby,  - Kent
Ward, Teasdale, Smalwood - Yorkshire
Tomkins, Bayliss - Warwickshire

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Re: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry prior to WW1
« Reply #1 on: Monday 13 November 23 10:57 GMT (UK) »
I think he's possibly at Shorncliffe camp in 1911. Lance Corporal William Richardson, aged 24, born Brighton.
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Re: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry prior to WW1
« Reply #2 on: Monday 13 November 23 11:17 GMT (UK) »
Shaun J….how did I not find that? I used Ancestry and Find My Past…arrgghh
Shaun to the rescue…as usual 🙌🏻
Thank you do much  :-*
Mayhew,Birch,Coates,Norman - Suffolk
Masters - Somerset
Richardson, Masters, Langridge, Dyer, Chambers - Sussex
Dyer, Luscombe, Hurrell - Devon
Chambers - Brecon
Lambden, Hawkins - Berkshire
Biggs, Cooper, Druce, Hedges, Haywood, Francis,Ward, Skidmore, Pinfold, Dorn, Gardener, Hopgood - Oxfordshire
Francis, Clarke - Lambeth/Surrey
Rowland, Emmett, Lockhart - Southwark/Middlesex
Simpson, Exall, Mann, Frisby,  - Kent
Ward, Teasdale, Smalwood - Yorkshire
Tomkins, Bayliss - Warwickshire

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Re: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry prior to WW1
« Reply #3 on: Monday 13 November 23 11:29 GMT (UK) »
 ShaunJ
This is bizarre…he just does not show upon Ancestry 1911…to be honest, I am getting fed up with Ancestry  ::)
Mayhew,Birch,Coates,Norman - Suffolk
Masters - Somerset
Richardson, Masters, Langridge, Dyer, Chambers - Sussex
Dyer, Luscombe, Hurrell - Devon
Chambers - Brecon
Lambden, Hawkins - Berkshire
Biggs, Cooper, Druce, Hedges, Haywood, Francis,Ward, Skidmore, Pinfold, Dorn, Gardener, Hopgood - Oxfordshire
Francis, Clarke - Lambeth/Surrey
Rowland, Emmett, Lockhart - Southwark/Middlesex
Simpson, Exall, Mann, Frisby,  - Kent
Ward, Teasdale, Smalwood - Yorkshire
Tomkins, Bayliss - Warwickshire


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Re: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry prior to WW1
« Reply #4 on: Monday 13 November 23 11:35 GMT (UK) »
That's the one I plumped for - you can make out "Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire" in col 5.
On September 29th 1911 the 2nd Battalion moved from Shorncliffe to Aldershot.

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Re: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry prior to WW1
« Reply #5 on: Monday 13 November 23 11:57 GMT (UK) »
Thank you hanes teula x
Mayhew,Birch,Coates,Norman - Suffolk
Masters - Somerset
Richardson, Masters, Langridge, Dyer, Chambers - Sussex
Dyer, Luscombe, Hurrell - Devon
Chambers - Brecon
Lambden, Hawkins - Berkshire
Biggs, Cooper, Druce, Hedges, Haywood, Francis,Ward, Skidmore, Pinfold, Dorn, Gardener, Hopgood - Oxfordshire
Francis, Clarke - Lambeth/Surrey
Rowland, Emmett, Lockhart - Southwark/Middlesex
Simpson, Exall, Mann, Frisby,  - Kent
Ward, Teasdale, Smalwood - Yorkshire
Tomkins, Bayliss - Warwickshire

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Re: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry prior to WW1
« Reply #6 on: Monday 13 November 23 11:59 GMT (UK) »
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you can make out "Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire" in col 5.

Well spotted!
UK Census info. Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk