47th Division insignia
Wednesday 26th May 1915: The 2nd Bedfords’ part in the Battle of Festubert may be over but the battle continues and we hear that last night 47th (2nd London) Division, a formation of Territorial Army soldiers who have never been in battle before, captured the remains of the village of Festubert. They managed an advance of four hundred yards across a front of one thousand yards, a tremendous achievement for untried troops.
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