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Aylesbury Church Street
4A Church St, Aylesbury HP20 2QS, UK

Taken from the upper window of Ceely House (now the Bucks County Musuem), the original caption suggests this is the 2/1st Bucks Battalion returning from Church Parade at St Mary’s Church in August 1914. While there is no reason to doubt that this is the 2/1st Bucks Battalion, the men appear suspiciously well dressed in uniform for it to be August. Recruiting began immediately but County Territorial Associations were not officially authorised to raise new units until 15 August, the general duplication of the ‘first line’ being ordered on 21 and 31 August. The 2/1st Bucks Battalion was officially recognised on 26 September 1914. It is likely that this photograph was taken in September. The battalion remained in Aylesbury until February 1915. [Image: BCM]

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Buckingham Market Square 1
19 Market Square, Buckingham MK18 1NP, UK

A Squadron 1/1st Royal Bucks Hussars about to leave Buckingham for Reading on 10 August 1914. The squadron had mobilised on 5 August under Captain G. W. Swire and Lieutenant Sir Everard Pauncefort-Duncombe. The squadron was far from fully equipped, and the week was spent in acquiring horses and other equipment: initially, much of the harness was only string. The squadron also acquired two lorries and two farm carts. The men of No 1 and No 4 Troops were mainly from Buckingham, No 2 Troop from Newport Pagnell, and No 3 Troop from Stony Stratford. [Image: BMMT]

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Buckingham Market Square 2
19 Market Square, Buckingham MK18 1NP, UK

The 3/1st Royal Bucks Hussars in Market Square, Buckingham. Almost certainly taken on the occasion of the inspection of the regiment by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell on Friday 2 July 1915. There was a church service on Sunday 4 July, and Colonel the Hon. Harry Lawson, who had raised the regiment, addressed the men on 5 July. The regiment then left Buckingham for Tidworth to become part of 7th Reserve Cavalry Regiment. [Image: BMMT]

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Buckingham Market Square 3
2 The Chewar, Buckingham MK18 1NG, UK

The 2/1st Royal Bucks Hussars in Market Square, Buckingham, November 1914. It is noticeable that many men are still in civilian clothes. A postcard dated 23 November 1914, it was another of those sent by an unidentified recruit to Miss D Paine of Church Farm, Wingrave. It reads, ‘They are giving us two pairs of boots tomorrow. This is a photo of the whole regiment on parade. I don’t know whether you can see me or not but am opposite Smiths shop.’ [Image: Ian Beckett]

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High Wycombe London Road 1
123 London Rd, High Wycombe HP11 1BT, UK

Through the course of 1917 a number of hockey matches were played on the High Wycombe Cricket Ground in London Road between convalescent patients of the VAD Hospital in Benjamin Road and the girls of the County High School for Girls, which had vacated the hospital premises. This match took place on 3 February 1917. The building in front of which one of the patients’ teams is pictured has long been demolished but the buildings in London Road behind the Cricket Ground remain unchanged. [Image: Lady Verney High School]

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High Wycombe London Road 2
138 London Rd, High Wycombe HP11 1DQ, UK

The girls’ team from the County High School that played a hockey match against convalescents from the VAD Hospital at the Wycombe Cricket Ground in London Road on 3 February 1917. At the time the hospital had 86 patients. [Image: Lady Verney High School]

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