11th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, British Army

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11th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, British Army
Years active:	–
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	Territorial Force
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry battalion
Full size:	1000
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Name1:	68th Provisional Battalion
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Name1 End:	1/1/1917
Reason for change:	Transferred to Bedfordshire Regiment
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Name2:	11th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
Name2 Start:	1/1/1917
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Bedfordshire Regiment, UK
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	5th Provisional Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/10/1915
End date:	31/03/1916
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	British Isles
Date entered:	01/10/1915
Date left:	31/03/1916
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Personal narratives

Traviss Frederick Teversham

Template:RefLives was a teacher from Sawston, Cambridgeshire. He wrote an account of the village and his experiences in the First World War:

• first published as: Traviss Frederick Teversham (ed. Ronald Bircham), Reminiscence: a recording of some aspects of Sawston life between 1886 and 1942 (1976).
• available online at Journeys Intertwined project

The introduction says that the Reminiscence was probably written in 1942. Internal evidence and background information on the Journeys Intertwined website give this service history:

• applied to join Inns of Court Officer Training Corps, UK in 1915 but rejected after interview
• joined 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, UK in 1915, served with them in France for 3 months in 1916 and sent home wounded
• transferred to 11th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment (service number 45829) in 1916 and invalided out in 1918

The Reminiscence also gives brief notes on some others from Sawston who were killed in the First World War.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

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References

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