From the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph, April 17th, 1915.

A Territorial from Luton with the North Midland Royal Field Artillery was charged at the Borough Court this morning with being absent without leave.

Pte Alfred Young said he had volunteered for active service, and not to stay in the town. He had been at Biscot Camp for eight months and was tired of being in Luton. Young was arrested by Det Insp Attwood, who said it was the fourth time the defendant had absented himself within the past few months.

The defendant said he had been rejected each time when he had wanted to get away for foreign service, and he had got sick and tired of it. He was remanded for an escort.

• A nephew of Admiral Jellicoe was serving as an officer in Luton with the Notts and Derby Regiment. Lieut Jellicoe was in residence in Rothesay Road.

• Inspections of troops are now a quite frequent occurrence in Luton and neighbourhood. On Thursday some of the Staffords were inspected at Luton Hoo, and yesterday there was another inspection at Harpenden. Meanwhile, some of the Notts and Derby Brigade are talking proudly of a great march of 17 or 18 miles they accomplished on Wednesday - the longest march the brigade has had since arriving in Luton.

• A musical treat was provided for residents of the Ashburnham Road area of Luton on Thursday. A military band played outside a house being used by officers.

• A friendly billiard match was played between teams representing the 6th and 8th Battalions Sherwood Foresters at the Waller Street Plait Hall on Thursday evening. Each battalion was represented by nine players, and the game was 200 up, the result being decided on the aggregate score. The 8th won by 173 points.

• At the Waller Street Plait Hall last evening there was another programme of exhibition and comic sparring, with a weightlifting competition thrown in. Pte Clark, 6th Sherwood Foresters succeeded in lifting a 70 lb bar-bell arm high with one hand 21 times without a break to earn the winner's medal.

• Soldiers who frequent the Church Army hut at the corner of Dunstable Road and Francis Street enjoyed a concert given by civilians friends and partly by the soldiers themselves last evening.

• A packed St Mary's Hall enjoyed a cantata entitled Queen of the Year given by the Girls' Friendly Society on Thursday evening. The event was in aid of the Parish Church Belgian Relief Fund.

• Belgian refugees resident in Luton and Leagrave were invited to a concert given by Luton Co-operative Society employees in the Co-operative Hall, Hastings Street, on Wednesday. About 100 adults and children attended.

• Luton Town entertained Croydon Common before a crowd of around 3,000 in their last Southern League home game of the season. Hoar gave Luton a 1-0 half-time lead. The visitors equalised just after the interval but Roberts gave the home side a 2-1 victory with a goal 15 minutes from time.