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SBYRW : 252901st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - One of 53 photographs catalogued from the over 100 contained in a photographic album/journal from the period 1942-1946 compiled by Private S J Day; this black and white photo shows Sergeant 'Doc' Bedford, a medical orderly, of the section of men who, in 1943, joined a Divisional party to man the old Mogul fort at Ahmed Nagar where Pandit Nehru, eventually to be Prime Minister of India after Independance in 1947, was imprisoned; this duty followed the Arakan campaign. Sergeant Bedford had served in the fort 20 years before and was remembered - probably by this goat!
Persons(s): Day, S J, Private; Bedford, Sergeant;
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SBYRW : 252941st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - One of 53 photographs catalogued from the over 100 contained in a photographic album/journal from the period 1942-1946 compiled by Private S J Day; this sepia photo shows Sergeant 'Doc' Bedford who, in 1943, was part of a Divisional party to man the old Mogul fort at Ahmed Nagar where Pandit Nehru, eventually to be Prime Minister of India after Independance in 1947, was imprisoned; this duty followed the Arakan campaign. With Sergeant Bedford is Charles, the fruit seller, who was a convert to Christianity
Persons(s): Day, S J, Private; Bedford, Sergeant;
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SBYRW : 253171st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - One of 53 photographs catalogued from the over 100 contained in a photographic album/journal from the period 1942-1946 compiled by Private S J Day; this black and white photo shows the MT Officer, Lieutenant H Baker and Staff Sergeants Yandell and Amphlett plus Sergeants Bishop, 'Jazz' Wright, Cross and 'Doc' Bedford who all acted as waiters for the Christmas Day 1942 lunch for the troop at Acsa just before the Battalion joined in the Arakan campaign
Persons(s): Day, S J, Private; Yandell, Staff Sergeant; Amphlett, Staff Sergeant; Bishop, Sergeant; Wright, Sergeant; Baker, H, Lieutenant; Cross, Sergeant; Bedford, Sergeant;
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SBYRW : 345244th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A black and white photograph of the officers and Non Commissioned officers of 'C' Company at Bulford Fields in August 1938. (Standing L to R) CSM (WO2) Jarrett, Sergeant Bedford, L/Sergeant McGuire, Sergeant (PSI) Nolt, Sergeant Whye, Sergeant Wilson, Sergeant Harding, CQMS Drake. (Sitting L to R) 2nd Lieutenant D.L.T. Oppe, Lieutenant L.R. Flowers, 2nd Lieutenant B.C.D. Eastwick, 2nd Lieutenant L.O. Prichard, Captain H.P. Verey, 2nd Lieutenant S.M. Fox. They are sat behind the Sutton Cup.
Persons(s): Jarrett, WO2; Bedford, Sergeant; McGuire, Sergeant; Nolt, Sergeant; Whye, Sergeant; Wilson, Sergeant; Harding, Sergeant; Drake, Company Quartermaster Sergeant; Oppe, D L T, 2nd Lieutenant; Flowers, L R, Lieutenant; Eastwick, B C D, 2nd Lieutenant; Prichard, L O, 2nd Lieutenant; Verey, H P, Captain; Fox, S M, 2nd Lieutenant;
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