 After little over two months at an infantry OCTU he was posted, as an intelligence officer, to the 1st Independent Company (later to become the 1st Commandos)  to Norway and was taken prisoner early in May 1940.In July he reached Prisoners of War Camp, Oflag VII C/H in Laufen Castle.At this camp, the prisoners organised a 'University' and Buxton gave lectures in English and helped in the work of the library.