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: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'' 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>
:One soldier died in Ceylon, likely to have been landed sick from the troopship en route to India.<ref>Sotonmate [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/245224-ww1-beds-regiment-man-died-ceylon/#comment-2467131 WW1 Beds Regiment man died Ceylon] Great War Forum 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 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.
