Bedfordshire Volunteer Training Corps on parade, June 1915 [Z1306/12/4]
Sunday
18th November 1917: The Bedford Volunteer Regiment will be
holding a parade and inspection today. The parade will begin at the Corps
Headquarters in Ashburnham Road at 2.30 pm. The Volunteers will march via
Midland Road, the High Street, and the Embankment to Russell Park, where they
will be inspected by the Lord Lieutenant. The exercise had originally been planned
as a joint parade of both the Bedford and Luton Battalions, but the shortage of
railway facilities and other factors made it impossible to bring the Luton Volunteers
to Bedford to take part. It is hoped that this parade will help in the recruitment
of new volunteers. The establishment strength of the Battalion is 1,000, but the
numbers currently enrolled are 550 at Bedford and 660 at Luton. If the Bedford
Battalion cannot be brought up to full strength then there is a danger that the
Bedford and Luton Battalions will be merged. Badged and exempted men, and men
over the age of 41 are eligible for the Volunteer Corps. Anyone interested in
serving in this way can obtain information from the Battalion’s Headquarters.
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