Latest recruits to the 5th (Reserve) Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment who have joined through the recruiting offices at the Corn Exchange [The Luton News, September 24th, 1914].
The Recruiting Committee which organised the recent Territorial boom in South Beds and who managed to draw in enough recruits to bring the local companies of the 5th Battalion, Beds Regiment, almost up to full strength, are now to carry on another campaign in order to gain recruits both for home and foreign service.