Updated Redcoats To Rifleman Book Available

Published on March 20, 2024

Redcoats to Rifleman

The updated version is a colourfully illustrated 24-page Short History of the County Regiment of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It traces the continuum of the Regiment from 1741 to The Rifles and is a ready reference for both the heritage of the Regiment and its current presence in the counties.

Copies can be obtained from the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum via

[email protected]

The RGJ Museum via [email protected]

or from the Oxford Branch of the RGJ Association.

The cost is £4:50 + £2:50p for p&p. To order from the association, please send a cheque made payable to RGJ Association Oxford Branch for £7 with your name and address to A. Isham, 88 The Phelps, Kidlington, Oxon, OX5 1TL. Online payments can be made to the Association’s Lloyds bank account 00750661, sort code 30-94-04 and email your name and postal address to [email protected]  Any queries please ring 07880514331

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