Sunday 21st
October 1917
The
casualties incurred by the army during the present battle have made an impact
on 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Today fifteen officers and ninety
other ranks have been struck off strength as they have been transferred to
XVIII Corps Reinforcement Camp to provide reinforcements to the divisions in
that corps(1). Second Lieutenant T R G Cooke has also left the Battalion as he
has joined the Royal Flying Corps.
Source: X550/5/3
(1) During
the Third Battle of Ypres the divisions forming part of XVIII Corps fluctuated
but included the following: 9th (Scottish) Division; 11th Division; 18th (Eastern)
Division; 39th Division; 48th (South Midland) Division; 51st (Highland)
Division; 58th (2nd/1st London) Division and 63rd (Royal Naval) Division.
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