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10th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment    The 10th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment was a 'Service' Battalion raised in December 1914 as a part of K4, for the duration of the war. It remained in England as a Reserve Battalion and transferred into the 27th Battalion Training Reserve in September 1916, later becoming the Regiment's 53rd Battalion in October 1917. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 10th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment? There are:5230 items tagged 10th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 10th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Leland Walter Alfred. Lt. (d.4th Jun 1915) Tennant John Amherst. Capt. 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Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.4th Jun 1915) The only known WW1 casualty on my family tree, Walter Leland was born on 3rd of March 1893 in Liverpool, the first child of Alfred and Eugenie (nee Gollin), and was registered as Walter Alfred Lazarus. He was educated at Charterhouse where he was a crack rifle shot, winning several medals for the rifle club. He moved to Sydney in 1912, to join the Australian firm of Gollin and Son for his planned career in 'commercial pursuits'. On the outbreak of war he immediately decided to return to England on the first outgoing steamer, the SS Demosthenes from Brisbane. He was given a commission as Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in November, 1914, initially attached to the 10th Battalion Bedfordshires. For some months his regiment was stationed at Harwich, on the east coast. It was then sent to the White City, in London for further training. After a brilliant result of competitive examination in musketry, etc., he obtained his lieutenancy in April 1915. He left for Gallipoli Peninsula in May, attached to the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Lieutenant Leland was at Gabà Tepè only four days. On 4th June, the day after his arrival he was ordered to advance up the Nullah at the head of his section. On turning a bend they cut through wire entanglements and came on hidden Turkish guns, the fire from which killed almost the entire section, Lieutenant Leland falling with the rest. Only a few survived the action, and the trench which they were seeking was not taken until three weeks afterwards. His body was recovered and buried at Gallipoli on 28th June. His name appears on the Helles memorial, and also on the family plaque at Golders Green crematorium. Lieutenant Leland was very musical, and the writing of music and verse were his principal hobbies. Helen Add to this record.   Capt. John Amherst Tennant 10th Bn. attd. 1st Bn Border Regiment Bedfordshire Regiment (d.22nd Aug 1915) John Amherst Tennant died of wounds on the 22nd August 1915, aged 26 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was the son of John and Margaret Croom Tennant of 19 The Boltons, South Kensington, London and was born on the 27th of March 1889. He was educated at Harrow School and London University where he received at Bsc. in Mechanical and Civil Engineering in 1911. Following his graduation he was employed by the Egyptian Government Irrigation Service at Tatah in the delta and later Luxor in upper Egypt. With the outbreak of war he returned to England and was given a Commission in the Bedfordshire Regiment and was gazetted Captain in February 1915. In June 1915 Captain Tennant was attached to the 1st Border Regiment and was sent with a draft of 80 men to Gallipoli. He participated in the heavy fighting at Gully Ravine on June 28, 1915. Captain Tennant was fatally wounded about 5 pm on 21 August leading Coy. A, 1st Borders, during the final futile assault on Scimitar Hill at Suvla Bay. He was evacuated to the hospital ship HMHS Rewa offshore and died of his wounds the next day. Captain Tenant was buried at sea shortly thereafter. His brother William was killed in action the preceding May at the battle of Festubert and the family's third son Hugh Vincent died in Spain in 1927 from the effects of gas shell poisoning received in the Great War. s flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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