Bedford C T Pte 9499 5th London Regiment
BEDFORD, CONRAD THOMAS, Private, No. 9499, 1/5 Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Thomas Arthur Bedford, Clerk in the London Joint Stock Bank (d. 24 Nov. 1899), by his wife, Clara, dau. of Walter W. Roberts, of Upper Holloway; b. Bowes Park, N., 8 Aug. 1891; educ. Seaford College (Col. Savage), Sussex, where he was for four years in the College Cadet Corps (attached to the Royal Sussex Engineers) and left with the rank of corpl. On leaving school in 1909, he became a clerk in the London Joint Stock Bank, and in Feb. 1913, joined the London Rifle Brigade. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, went to the front with the L.R.B., 4 Nov. 1914, was slightly wounded by a gunshot in the right shoulder at Ploegsteert at 2 a.m. on 27 Feb. 1915, and died at the American Women’s War Hospital, Paignton, South Devon, 15 March, following, of blood poisoning; unm. A comrade wrote: “May I say how keenly his death was felt by the men who knew him and liked him, as we all did. He was one of the cheery ones always, and always ready to do everything he could to help anyone.”
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1