They all went down like men, with their faces to the enemy. This tribute to the fallen heroes of the 1/5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, otherwise the "Yellow Devils" is paid by Lieut-Col E. W. Brighten (pictured), the Commanding Officer, in a letter just received by the Mayor of Luton (Councillor Walter Primett). Lieut-Col Brighten writes from in the field on September 4th:

Stories from The Luton News: Thursday, September 23rd, 1915.

The work of the National Registration in Luton was completed on Saturday last. At the meeting of the Town Council on Tuesday evening a report on the work was presented by the Town Clerk, Mr William Smith.

Luton Iron Foundry Co., Cobden Street, Roll of Honour, compiled September 1915.

S. Bachini - Royal Field Artillery.

F. Bunting - 3/5th Bedfords.

W. Burgess - 1st Border.

R. Cannon - 1/5th Bedfords.

A. G. Crick - East Anglian Royal Engineers.

E. S. Crick - East Anglian Royal Engineers.

A. Dimmock - 3/5th Bedfords.

B. Dixon - East Anglian Royal Engineers.

G. Elston - 1/5th Bedfords.

F. Fane - 1/5th Bedfords.

B. Fensome - 1st Bedfords.

H. Fensome - 3/5th Bedfords.

Letters from Gallipoli were taking over a fortnight to reach Luton and those received by the Luton Reporter newspaper in mid-September 1915 were sent by members of the East Anglian Royal Engineers before they had gone into action.

Cpl W. H. Matthews, who went out with the 1/5th Bedfords and took part in the fighting in Gallipoli, had been invalided home in September 1915 and gave this account to the Luton Reporter newspaper of the landing and the regiment's first encounter with the Turks.

The first wounded Luton member of the 1/5th Bedfordshire Regiment home from Gallipoli was Pte Alfred Pollard, fifth son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Pollard, of 44 Jubilee Street. He was only 19 years of age.

Stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: September 18th, 1915.

The first reference in Luton newspapers to the "Yellow Devils" came in a letter published in the Saturday Telegraph from Sapper Allan Parrott, 2/1st Field Company, Royal Engineers.

The 1/5th Bedfordshires have made a great name for themselves. This is a conclusion which is forced home more and more as accounts continue to come to hand from the Dardanelles theatre of war of the ordeal they were called upon to undergo immediately they were rushed up from the new landing on the Gallipoli Peninsular, and the heroism and success with which they accomplished the task allotted to them.

Stories from The Luton News: Thursday, September 16th, 1915.

In addition to its postwomen, Luton has now its lady tram conductors. About a week ago it was found necessary, owing to the shortage of men, to introduce female labour on the tramways system.

Many Luton men are doing good service as signallers in the Royal Engineers in France and at the Dardanelles. They have gone into this service through the medium of the Haynes Park Signal Depot, R.E., and several have been wounded. Among those who are serving are:

ALLEN: Driver H. G., 78270 - 212 Dallow Road, Luton.

ALLEN: 2nd Cpl R. S., 78271 - 212 Dallow Road, Luton.

BATCHELOR: Driver C., 78441 - Luton.

BIRD: Sapper T., 78443 - 56 Reginald Street, Luton.

Stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: September 11th, 1915

Lieut-Col Edgar Brighten, Officer Commanding the 1/5th Bedfords, in a letter to Major Orlebar, his opposite number with the the 3/5th Bedfords in training at Windsor Park, paid tribute to his men fighting in Gallipoli.

The following names appear on the Roll of Honour at Messrs Brown and Green Ltd., iron founders, Windsor Street, Luton. There are 41 names representing nearly 50 per cent of the employees of the company.

Appleby - Duke of Bedford's.

Billingham F. - 1/5th Bedfords.

Barton B. - 1/5th Bedfords.

Burley S. - Transport, Army Service Corps.

Bates J. - East Anglian Royal Engineers.

Blunt S. - East Anglian Royal Engineers.

Chambers J. - Royal Garrison Artillery.

Childs F. - 3rd Midland Brigade.

Stories from The Luton News: Thursday, September 9th, 1915.

At the parade of the Luton Volunteer Corps in Luton Hoo Park on Sunday morning the Commandant (Mr H. Cumberland Brown) made reference to the losses sustained by the 1/5th Bedfordshires in Gallipoli and suggested that a vote of sympathy with those bereaved should be passed.

An inquest was held yesterday at the Rising Sun public house, Slip End, concerning the death of Florence Fensome, 24, of Pepperstock, who worked one night at the Kent's Munition Factory and was then taken ill.