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NAME:                      Bedford, Basil Robert
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Gloucestershire Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             1/5th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         4895
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 19th November 1916
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Son of William Robert & Phoebe Maria Kezia Bedford.
                           In 1901 & 1911 family living (mother a widow in 1911) at 55 Middlebridge Street, Romsey, Hants.
                           Husband of Mary Bedford of Det. Cook House, 6 Cromnell Gardens Barracks, South Kensington,
                           later 3rd W.4.Ate. W.A.A.C. Hotel Du Commerce, Boulogne, France. (she was serving in QMAAC, service no. 697)(all ref pension card)
                           Married Oct/Nov/Dec 1915 Winchester.
                           Born & enlisted: Romsey, Hants.