Saturday 10 December 2016

8th Bedfords Back in the Front Line

German 76 mm trench mortar at IWM Duxford

Sunday 10th December 1916: From our Correspondent in the Field

The adjutant of the 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, spoke to me this evening and told me that his battalion is back in the front line again at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée. The enemy trench mortars have been noticeably more aggressive than they were in the Battalion’s last tour.

Temporary Major John Stanhope Collings-Wells is, at the moment, in command of the 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment at Nouvion-en-Ponthieu. We have heard that he has been promoted to Acting Lieutenant-Colonel whilst he commands the Battalion.

Sources: X550/5/3; X550/9/1

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