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===First World War===
Three Garrison Battalions were sent to India. Garrison Battalions were composed of men who were classified medically unfit for front line war operations.
*1st Garrison Battalion: Formed in Bedford in December 1915. Moved to India in February 1916. Came under command of the Dehra Dun Brigade in the 7th (Meerut) Divisional Area. Moved in March 1918 to the Delhi Brigade in the same area.<ref name=LLT >[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918.net/bedfords.htm bedfordshire-regiment/ The Bedfordshire Regiment] The Long, Long Trail </ref>
: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 dragoons [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php?showtopic=239090&p=2398206 -1st-garrision-battalion-bedfordfordshire-regiment/ 1st Garrison Battalion Bedfordfordshire Regiment] ''Great War Forum'' 11 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 201625 April 2019. 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. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php?showtopic=144532 -garrison-battalions-bedfordshire-regiment/ Garrison Battalions, Bedfordshire Regiment] ''Great War Forum'' 31 March 2010 onwards. Retrieved 12 15 May April 2019.</ref>:One soldier died in Ceylon, likely to have been landed sick from the troopship en route to India.<ref>Sotonmate [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/245224-ww1-beds-regiment-man-died-ceylon/?do=findComment&comment=2467103 WW1 Beds Regiment man died Ceylon] ''Great War Forum'' 24 November 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.</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.
''The Wasp: The Journal of the 16th Foot'' or ''The Wasp''. Published from 1922.
In the past, copies were available at Bedford Central Library,<ref>Raster Scanning. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/35522-4th-bedfordshires/index.php?showtopicdo=35522findComment&pcomment=288525 4th bedfordshires] ''Great War Forum'' 25 July 2005. Retrieved 13 May 201625 April 2019.</ref> but check for current availability. This journal does not appear in the catalogue of the British Library.
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