Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K2). Formed at Bedford in September 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 826 recorded WW1 deaths for the 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
ASHPOLE, Bernard. Private, 15837. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Meaulte Military Cemetery, Somme, France. 18-01-1916. Age 26. Son of Arthur & Mary Anne Ashpole of West End, Kempston, Bedford, UK.
BODDY, J. Private, 3/7788. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas-de-Calais, France. 03-05-1917.
BROWN, C. Private, 17481. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension Pas-de-Calais, France. 15-03-1917.
COLEY, Charles Harold. Private, 40711. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 04-09-1917. Age 21. Son of Edwin & Florence Coley of Forest Road, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
JOHNSON, W.G. Serjeant, 14766. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. Pas-de-Calais, France. 14-06-1917. Age 27. Son of James & Sophia Johnson of Wharf Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK.
Stone Inscription :-
"Beloved".
JUDD, John. Private, 29831. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. 15-03-1917. Age 32. Son of David & Mary Ann Judd of Hertford Heath, Hertford. Husband of Mary Jane Judd of Hertford Heath, Hertford, UK.
KING, W. Private, 31945. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Menin Road South Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 13-08-1917.
MARSHALL, W. Serjeant, 3/8751. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. 28-09-1916. Brother of Alfred Marshall of Crown Farm Cottages, Great Staughton, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, UK.
MULRANEY, (MM). Bernard. Serjeant, 12702. "C" Company, 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Achiet-le-Grand CommunalCemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. 15-03-1917. Age 28. Son of John & Kate Mulraney of Carrick, County Kildare, Ireland.
Stone Inscription :- "R.I.P.".
Military Medal.
POTTS, Henry. Second Lieutenant. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died of wounds. 01-10-1916. Age 23. Born at Hyde, Cheshire & Educated at Radcliffe College, Oxford. Was mortally wounded during the assault on the Schwaben Redoubt Only son of Jabez & Hilda Alice Potts of 1A, Cato Road, Clapham, London, UK. Born at Hyde, Cheshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- " Radcliffe Scholar University College Oxford".
SEWELL, Frederick Charles. Corporal, 33440. 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. Pas-de-Calais, France. 15-03-1917. Age 36. Son of Richard & Fanny Sewell. Husband of Mrs G.W. Robinson (formerly Sewell) of Langham Road, Robertsbridge, Sussex, UK. Founder of the Bexhill Tradesmen's Stretcher Bearer Company For Wounded Soldiers. Stone Inscription :- "Beloved By All Who Knew Him Here And In God's Keeping Now".