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:Additional information: The 1st Garrison Battalion was raised at Seaford 18/12/15 by Major Smithers by the transfer of about 400 ranks from the Middlesex Regiment, 200 men of the Suffolk Regiment and by drafts of men from the Essex Surrey, Kent and Sussex Regiments.
:The Battalion reached Delhi Fort March 1916 where they remained for 3 years. March 26th [1916], 300 men under Major Ward went to [[Mussoorie|Landour]] a hill station.
:The Battalion lost 51 men during its stay in Delhi and they rest in Delhi Cemetery. Tombstones were erected and the Regiment placed a brass tablet to their memory in St James Church, Delhi.<ref>inniskilling dragoos [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=239090&p=2398206 1st Garrison Battalion Bedfordfordshire Regiment] ''Great War Forum'' 11May 11 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016. Based on an article by Colonel William Blakeney, who served with the Battalion during the whole of its stay in India . </ref>:Between Jan to April 1918 the Bn proceeded to [[Ranikhet|Chuabattia]], up to this time several drafts of had got fit & left for service elsewhere. The Battalion had a few thousand pass through it from December 1915 and it supplied men for types of jobs which could be done by men unfit for active service, (clerks etc) It also served as a recuperative establishment. They also stopped the Delhi riots (one day).<ref name=ddyc > ddycher et al. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=144532 Garrison Battalions, Bedfordshire Regiment] ''Great War Forum'' 31 March 2010 onwards. Retrieved 12 May 2016.</ref>
*2nd Garrison Battalion. Formed in Bedford in December 1916. Moved to India in February 1917. Came under command of the Karachi Brigade in the 4th (Quetta) Division.<ref name=LLT />
:Additional information<ref name=ddyc />: Men from the 1/5th Devons remaining in India as either unfit or too old for active service in Egypt/Palestine were transferred to the 2nd Garrison Bn., Bedforshire Regiment at Hyderabad in May 1917.
*3rd Garrison Battalion. Formed in Bedford in January 1917. Moved to India and thence to Burma. Came under command of the Burma Division and under the Rangoon Brigade of the same Division in November 1917.<ref name=LLT />
: Additional information<ref name=ddyc />: They arrived in India on the 12th June 1917. On arrival they were topped up from downgraded men left behind from the TF battalions who left India for the EEF. They joined the Rangoon Brigade of the Burma Division in November 1917 remaining with the Burma Division throughout the war.
:Served in Burma March 1918-June 1919. Primarily their role in Burma would have been to supply guards and escorts for the Turkish POW camps at [[Thayetmyo]], [[Meiktila]] and [[Shwebo]]. It seems probable that HQ and two companies were stationed at Meiktila. The other two companies were probably at Mandalay. The 3rd GB Bedfords relieved the 2/5th SLI at Meiktila. A significant number (>50) of the 2/5th SLI joined the 3rd GB Bedfords at this point.
:Served in India June-December 1919 in Regimental District 16.
The three Garrison Battalions were disbanded in January 1920.<ref>The 1st, 2nd and 3rd (Garrison) Battalions "The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War". Refer External links.</ref>
