1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, British Army
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1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, British Army | |
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Years active: | unknown – unknown |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Service: | British Army |
Branch: | Regular Army |
Type: | Infantry |
Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
Full size: | 1,000 |
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Created: | unknown. |
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Name1: | 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment[1] |
Name1 Start: | unknown |
Name1 End: | unknown |
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Disbanded: | unknown. |
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | Bedfordshire Regiment, UK |
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Start date: | unknown |
End date: | unknown |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | 15th Infantry Brigade, UK |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/08/1914 |
End date: | 30/04/1919 |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
Date entered: | 01/08/1914 |
Date left: | 30/04/1919 |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | Italy |
Date entered: | 01/12/1917 |
Date left: | 31/03/1918 |
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Contents
Personal narratives
Related media
- Imperial War Museum, catalogue number IWM 154: film title "British Troops in Italy". Shows British units on the Piave River front in December 1917, including soldiers of 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, UK, 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, UK and 11th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, UK.
Official sources
Unit war diaries
Transcripts of all the above diaries at Steve Fuller's Bedfordshire Regiment website:
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
- 1st Battalion at Steve Fuller's Bedfordshire Regiment website
- Steven Fuller, 1st Bedfordshires Part One: Mons to the Somme (Fighting High, 2011), ISBN 978-0956269652.
- Steven Fuller, 1st Bedfordshires Part Two: Arras to the Armistice (Fighting High , 2013), ISBN 978-0957116320.