Monday 25th October 1915: A Corporal of the Bedfordshire Yeomanry out in France writes: “I think very few people in Bedford realise that they have 25 of their Yeomanry boys serving as Mounted Military Police for the Division(2) in France. We have been out here with this division since the 31st of last March. We now beg a favour, and ask our townspeople to send us a Zonophone(1) with a few records to help take the monotony from our work. I was going to say to help us cheer up but it is needless to say that the Bedford boys are always cheerful”.
Source: Bedfordshire Times 29th October 1915
(1) Zonophone was actually a recording label; here it is clearly being used as a synonym for gramophone.
(2) 1st Cavalry Division
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