In October 1945 , the 2nd Battalion , as part of 6th Airborne Division , arrived in Palestine as Britain 's Imperial Strategic Reserve in the Middle East . Palestine was in a highly volatile political state and the battalion was extensively deployed on internal security duties and in assisting the civil authorities to keep the peace between the different communities . The 2nd Ox and Bucks were initially based at Mughazi camp , near Gaza , then at Ras-El-Fin , near Tel Aviv and at Nathanya , near Haifa . Shortly after arriving in Palestine Lieutenant Colonel Mark Darell-Brown was injured in a road traffic accident and Lieutenant Colonel Henry van Straubenzee replaced him as commanding officer of the 2nd Ox and Bucks ( the 52nd ) . In March 1946 the battalion moved to Alamein camp in Jerusalem . On 15 April 1946 , 6th Airlanding Brigade , which the battalion was still part of , was renumbered the 31st Independent Infantry Brigade . On 26 April 1946 the battalion wore their red berets for the final time , at a farewell to the division parade . The battalion was stationed in Jerusalem when the King David Hotel bombing took place on 22 July 1946 . The 2nd Ox and Bucks moved to Athlit , near Haifa , in November 1946 , then to Zerca in Transjordan before returning to Jerusalem in January 1947 . The battalion formed part of 8th Infantry Brigade in May 1947 and moved to Khassa , near Gaza , in July 1947 and left Palestine in September 1947
King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry