Z669/30

Letter from Villiers Chernocke Downes of 1st Btn, Bedfordshire Regt., [uncle of donor] sent from Mullingar Barracks, Ireland; the writer records, amongst other things, that: 400 reservists joined the battalion that day with 300 more due the next day, making the battalion over 1,200 strong; and that three officers were to leave for Bedford to train extra troops.

7 Aug 1914

From: 1914 To: 1914

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letters, 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, Ireland