The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

A regimental history traces a battalion's wartime experience from initial trench instruction through prolonged front-line service, raids and offensives, periods in rear areas, and hard withdrawals during major enemy attacks. It follows operations on the Laventie and Somme sectors, actions at Arras, Ypres (including repeated attempts on Hill 35), Cambrai, the spring retreats and the Battle of the Lys, and the subsequent Allied advances that lead to demobilization. The narrative combines tactical accounts of attacks, defenses, patrols and raids with descriptions of daily life, hardship, command changes, maps and illustrations, and notes on honours and unit reorganization.