Corporal Jim Quenby
Monday 13th December 1915: The son of the landlord of the Swan at Bromham has been wounded for a second time. Corporal Jim Quenby was in a communication trench waste deep in mud so had to
get on top to reach the firing line; while doing so he was shot through both
thighs. Corporal Quenby was one of eight Bedford lands who joined the 6th
Gordon Highlanders while they were billeted in Bedford. Within a couple of
weeks of arriving in France they took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle
where one of the Bedford lads was killed and four others wounded including
Quenby. After eight weeks recuperating in hospital at Rouen he returned to the
Front where he was the only Bedford boy left in the firing line. As an expert
bomb thrower he has on occasion been in trenches only 15 yards from the enemy. Before
he enlisted in October last year Corporal Quenby was a clerk in the finance
department of Bedford Corporation. He is now being treated at the Lahore
British General Hospital. His father has received a letter from the Chaplain
stating that there has been a slight improvement in his condition.
Source:
Bedfordshire Standard 10th December 1915
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