Thursday 16th December 1915: the 7th Division, including 2nd
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, has left I Corps and joined 3rd Army as part
of the reorganisation of the British Expeditionary Force at this time of great
expansion.
The adjutant
of the Battalion passed on this message they received from Corps commander
Lieutenant-General Gough: "Will you please let the 7th Division know how
sorry I was to part with them, and not to be there to wish them farewell and
good luck, and I do appreciate the great example of gallantry, discipline, and
endurance that they always set for which and the results which they obtained by
it, they have earned the deep gratitude of their Country and their
Commander".
Source: X550/3/wd
Source: X550/3/wd
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