Bedford’s Highlanders – A talk by Richard Galley (72-82) – Online
Bedford’s Highlanders – A talk by Richard Galley (72-82) – Online
Between 15th and 18th August 1914 around 17,000 Scottish territorial soldiers arrived in Bedford for training. These were men of the Highland Division (later to become the 51st Highland Division). The kilted troops became a familiar and welcome sight in the town and surrounding countryside and largely as a consequence of the dispersal of billets […]