Pte. Ernest James Elmer 2nd Bn (Airborne) Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry KIA #OTD 2nd April 1945 aged 30 buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. #OxBucks #OpVarsity "IN LOVING MEMORY OF AN ONLY SON. "AND SO TO WHERE YOU WAIT I COME GENTLY ON." MOTHER" Suffolk

#OTD in 1944, Pegasus Bridge. #WW2 #HISTORY (Poor quality, I know. Best I could do.)

One of my great Heroes and friends the amazing , humble , funny but extraordinary man that is Gil Thompson C Company 2nd Ox and Bucks , 52 LI . gil is the last of the Airborne veterans i have taken back to the battlefields in the last 25 years . Swift and Bold #WW2 #Airborne

SOFO Museum @RGJMuseum The Rifles Museum Well worth tuning in to this! Hoping to hear about his links to 2nd OXF & BUCKS Oxf & Bucks prior to Arnhem. Pls RT

#Museum30 #WhoAmI We tell stories of Oxfordshire people affected by conflict, from soldiers on the front line to ordinary people living on the home front. Our collections include those of two historic county regiments, The Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry and Oxfordshire Yeomanry

Pte. Albert E. Bennett, 2nd Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division wounded Normandy June 1944 Leicester Daily Mercury 19th June 1944

Wonderful! Did he have any anecdotes from filming?

Pre D-Day photo of Pegasus Bridge, Benouville Bridge whilst under occupation

Pte. Harold Corner, 2nd Bn (Airborne) Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry KIA 2nd April 1945 aged 33 buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

This shows the target landing location used for the training of the Horsa pilots of the Coup de Main party to capture Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge. This specific glider training was performed under the title 'Deadstick'. The location is Holmes Clump near Netheravon Airfield.

Great pic showing men of ‘The 52nd’ 2nd Oxf. & Bucks LI (identified by the helmet flashes) onboard a Horsa Glider prepared for flight. Thanks for sharing Kevin Getz

Wonderful visuals in this production giving a great perspective of the Coup de main assault on the Caen canal and River Orne bridges on D-Day

Lt. Geoffrey Victor van Klaveren 2nd Bn (Airborne) Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry KIA 13th June 1944 aged 29 buried Ranville War Cemetery Much Hadham, Hertfordshire "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

Lt Ian G. Macdonald 7th (LI) Para Battalion Liaison Officer Glider No 5 - Coup de Main Wounded 16th June 44 - Herouvillette Died of Wounds 29th June 44 - La Delivrende Buried 1700hrs 30th June 44 - Ranville War Cemetery We Will Remember Them

Cpl. Charles Philip Reynolds 2nd Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry No. 17 Platoon, "B" Company Glider CN. 96 Coup de Main captured Orne River Bridge, Ranville, wounded Escoville 7th June 1944. #PegasusArchive pegasusarchive.org/normandy/Biog2…

Lieutenant of the 12th Devons visits the grave of Lt. Den Brotheridge 2nd Bn Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Ranville War Cemetery 29th June 1946. 📸James Jarche

Major John Howard & Captain David Wood 2nd Bn Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry stand beside the Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal during a first anniversary visit to World War II battlefields in Normandy, France on 29th June 1946. 📸James Jarche

View of the Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal and commemorative sign during a first anniversary visit to World War II battlefields in Normandy, France on 29th June 1946. 📸James Jarche

Monsieur Georges Gondree drinks a toast with Major John Howard & Captain David Wood beside the Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal during a first anniversary visit to World War II battlefields in Normandy, France on 29th June 1946. 📸James Jarche