Dear Rosalind, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry (OLI) were fully engaged during the South African wars 1899 -1902, usually known as the Boer War. Lord Roberts was the general commanding the British army during the conflict. The OLI were shortly after merged with the Bucks Light Infantry to form the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. (the Ox & Bucks). This regiment served during the WW2 & I think they were among the first to land in France on D-day. I found my grand- father's Boer War service records in the WW1 pension files at the National Archives. Incidentally there was not a Changi railway. The railway that you are thinking of was on the Burma Thailand border. Changi at the time was a village in Singapore which was where many Chinese civilians were murdered by the Japanese occupiers & which was the location for a camp used to hold British & Commonwealth POWs. After the war it became a major RAF station & is now the international airport for Singapore. The village is also the location of Changi prison which was also used by the occupying Japanese to hold prisoners. best regards Vic Taylor

Dear Victor , Many thanks for that information - looks like I need a trip to the National Archives . Regards , Rosalind . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Taylor" <vic.taylor.genealogy@googlemail.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:19 AM Subject: [BAN] Bucks regiment > Dear Rosalind, > The Oxfordshire Light Infantry (OLI) were fully engaged during the > South African wars 1899 -1902, usually known as the Boer War. Lord > Roberts was the general commanding the British army during the > conflict. The OLI were shortly after merged with the Bucks Light > Infantry to form the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. > (the Ox & Bucks). This regiment served during the WW2 & I think they > were among the first to land in France on D-day. I found my grand- > father's Boer War service records in the WW1 pension files at the > National Archives. > > Incidentally there was not a Changi railway. The railway that you are > thinking of was on the Burma Thailand border. Changi at the time was > a village in Singapore which was where many Chinese civilians were > murdered by the Japanese occupiers & which was the location for a > camp used to hold British & Commonwealth POWs. After the war it > became a major RAF station & is now the international airport for > Singapore. The village is also the location of Changi prison which > was also used by the occupying Japanese to hold prisoners. > > best regards > > Vic Taylor > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/eng-banbury-area > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >