3/5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment

Formed at Bedford in June 1915 but soon moved to Windsor Great Park.
In October 1915 moved to Halton Park near Tring.
8 April 1916 : became 5th Reserve Battalion.
Merged with with 1st Reserve Bn, the Hertfordshire Regiment on 11 July 1917.
Moved to Crowborough in Autumn 1917 and by August 1918 was at Hastings.

Private Sidney Hoar

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Sidney Hoar was a professional footballer for Luton Town FC who played for several local teams and the the Luton youth team before signing professionally  in January 1914 aged 18. He served in the Bedford Regiment and the Royal Field Artillery and was gassed in August 1917 in France. He recovered and returned to play for Luton Town in 1919-20.

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