1st Bn Beds and Herts

Hi Alex, yes thats me. Good to see you.
I am still on 'that' site for my sins. Certainly not the same since Andreas parted ways.
I'm always digging around trying to unearth any information that ties into my families military history, when I get a spare moment.
All the best,
Nathan.

 

I’ll probably be rejoining it with an Operation Varsity page I think.
I did see a couple of great photos on your site, the bridge as Ismalia (I think). Great stuff!

Alex.

 

I have created a dedicated account @UbiqueVir so my personal nonsense didn't interfere with the military content.
I shall look out for your Varsity page.

Nathan.

 

Indeed, welcome! (I'm "AlliedArmour" on twitter and I think I follow both of your accounts )

 

Of course, great to see you Chris.

While I'm here thought I'd mention that on this day (6 October) in 1941, my Grandpa and his 12th Field Company R.E. played a Cricket match against the 1st Battalion Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment in Zahle, Syria.

(Image for context - N.Z. Soldiers in Syria, 1942)

1942 Syria by Hutch_and_Sons posted Aug 6, 2021 at 2:27 PM

 

Who won?!

 

Hi there, very interesting to read the summary of service for the 1st batallion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. I now have my Uncle’s Service records. I can see that the dates match for his AA duties on the ship in 1941. It then states he ‘proc. overland to unknown duties’ in July 1941. He was in India until 1944. There are many abbreviations and lists that I don’t understand. I am interested to see he ‘rejoined unit from no 20 reinforcement Camp’ on 12/10/42. Would you know where that was please? I would be so interested to know more about what he did during that time.

 

All I have on No. 20 Reinforcement Camp is that is was located in India and existed from 1942-1946.

Here is a thread that mentions No. 20 Reinforcement Camp. It may have been at Deolali,

Base Reinforcement Camp, Deolali.

Here is another thread the mentions No. 20 Reinforcement Camp.

Kohima Casualties from 24 Reinforcement Camp

You might try starting a conversation with the members involved in these threads

 

Hi there, thank you for that information

 

Do you mind me enquiry Ng as to which document the above information on 1st Battalion came from. I am researching the Battalion during its time on Lemnos in April 1941. Do you know if a report was written about this short deployment or was very little written about it. Many thanks in advance.

 

The majority of the material comes from the regimental history entitled:

Anon. The Story of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: Volume II: 1914-1958. The Royal Anglian Regiment, n.d.

I have attached the two pages that deals with Lemnos. Your next step on obtaining more information would be obtaining the War Diary for the 1st Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment for 1941.

They are located here:

1 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment | The National Archives

 

Thank you for attaching the pages. Very interesting. This may have been written by John Sydney Riggs whose oral account is at IWM. I checked for war diaries and there appears to be a blank after December 1940. It's must be documented somewhere. Thanks again. Greg

 

Sorry, just followed the link. Not seen that document before on Discovery search. Will be ordered now.

 

(Edited and amended after next post)

Unusually the search with: "1st Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire" + "war diaries" site:ww2talk.com was distorted and it came back no trace.

Have you tried following the threads tagged to the 1st Bed & Herts? Fourteen threads appear.

 

So the above document WO 169/1704 is not what I am looking for. Damn, nearly ordered it.