| Surname: | Bedford |
| Initials: | M |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/3737 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, amended to (2b) Gallipoli, 23/9/1915 to 9/12/15 and (1) France 8/12/16. 12/8/1914 he enlisted as Pte. 1/1 Suffolk, Yeomanry. No. 1610, age 24 years, Born Boston, Lincolnshire, age 24 years, occupation Cargo Superintendent fro R W Paul, London Road, Skirbeck, Boston. 26/8/1916 transferred to MMP. Served Home 12/8/1914 to 22/9/1915, Gallipoli 23/9/1915 to 13/12/1915, Home 14/12/1915 to 7/12/1915, BEF 8/12/1915 to 7/6/1919, Home 8/6/1919 to 7/2/1919, disembodied 8/7/19. 23/6/1915 he married Violet Elizabeth Lovett, Spinster at the Parish Church, Ipswich they had 1 Child, address: 8 Grove Lane, Ipswich. 2/6/1919 he was serving under the DAPM, Namur, France. 21/10/1915 to 29/10/1917 Anzac Bay, Diarrhoea, 6/11/1915, Anzac bay rheumatism, 26/11/1915 to Alexandria, rheumatic fever, 30/11/1915 invalided to England, 12/12/1916 with APM Cavalry Corps, 28/11/1917 with 8 Cavalry Division to hospital with Orchitis, 6/1/1918 Abbeville, 23/1/1918 hospital Rouen, 28/3/1918 APM Etaples, 4/4/1918 PM 3 Army, 20/7/1918 with PM 5 Army, IX Corps, 1/9/1918 APM L of C, 28/9/1918 42 Division. Michael Bedford. |