The Bedfordshire Regiment was raised in 1688 and the additional title of Hertfordshire was added in 1919 to create a closer bond between the Regiment and the two counties which had kept its ranks filled during the 1914-1918 War. The most famous Battle Honour was gained at the Battle of BLENHEIM in 1704 during the Duke of Marlborough's campaigns against the French. The Regiment gained the nickname "The Peacemakers" because of its lengthy and loyal service in the West Indies and North America and its absence from the European Campaigns during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, yet in this period it had taken part in nine wars in all.
Picture left to right: Corporal, 1st Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment, 37th Division, Ypres 1917. Private, Derby's Regiment, Blenheim 1704. Later The 16th Regiment of Foot. |
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