Saturday 30th June 1917
6th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, is currently the battalion in divisional
reserve at Kemmel south of Ypres. During the month their strength has been
augmented significantly, from 709 other ranks to 935. The reinforcements make
good the casualties suffered in April at Monchy-le-Preux and Greenland Hill when the regiment was reduced to less than sixty unwounded men
During the
past month a number of decorations have been received. Five Military Crosses,
two Distinguished Conduct Medals, one bar to a Military Medal and twenty-one
Military Medals all attest to the gallantry shown in the attacks in April and the raid on 26th
May. As June has been spent resting and training there have been no casualties.
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