Rides for Wounded Bedfords

Kempston Barracks

Sunday 25th April 1915: There are about seventy wounded soldiers at the Bedford Barracks and they would greatly appreciate a motor-car ride. Moreover, an occasional outing in the fresh air would assist the convalescing process and hasten their return to the front. Among the hundreds of motor car owners in Bedford and county there must be many who would be only too pleased to place cars at the disposal of our country’s defenders. Let us hasten to assure them that cars are really needed and that the convalescent soldiers would be most grateful for such a pleasant change from the interior of the hospital.

If those car owners who are willing to take one or two soldiers out, say for two hours a week, will communicate with us, we shall be pleased to take up the matter with the military authorities. It should be stated that any day of the week except Sundays would suit the soldiers. The most convenient hours are from 2.30 pm to 3 pm.

Source: Bedfordshire Times 23rd April 1915