Sunday 4th
October 1914: The 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment is ready to enter the
fray against the Kaiser’s hordes. It was in South Africa Lyndhurst
in Hampshire and will travel by train to Southampton
today. It is expected that the battalion will be divided into two train loads.
The first will go on board SS Winifredian this evening and the second will
board SS Cornishman tomorrow morning. After such a long ocean voyage the men
will no doubt be happy that the journey to France
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