6th (Service) Battalion The Bedfordshire Regiment

Formed at Bedford in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached as Divisional Troops to 9th (Scottish) Division.
March 1915 : transferred to 112th Brigade, 37th Division.
20 May 1918 : reduced to cadre, 700 men transferring to 1/1st Bn, Hertfordshire Regiment.
20 May 1918 :cadre transferred to 39th Division.
4 August 1918 : disbanded in France.

Private George Hull

George Hull was 1 of 12 children born to John & Ann. He was born in January 1889 in Sundon, Bedsfordshire.

In 1911 George is 22 years old & working as a general labourer at Forder's cement works. He is living in Upper Sundon with his parents & 2 brothers. His father John is 67 years old & a farm labourer for Mr W Cooper, his mother Ann is 58 & a straw worker. Older brother Henry, 30 is a farm labourer for Mr Hucklesby & younger brother Frank, 15 is a farm labourer for Mr F Ward.

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