BEDFORDSHIRE AT WAR:
News from the Front Line Image (c) artist Hugh Byrne, Shop33 and SNAP
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Sunday 22 April 2018
Gas Shells
Monday 22nd April 1918 The 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment are in the area of Bethune at the moment. Overnight they endured heavy shelling with gas shells. The enemy also fired trench mortars on the front line. Two men were killed and nine were wounded. Source: X550/2/5
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