DESCRIPTION: Bedford. Salute The Soldier Week. National Fundraising Event for National Savings and various other Charities. Here we have a Parade in aid of the National Savings Campaign. The Parade went via De Parys Avenue, past St Peters Green, down the High Street to the Town Bridge, then turned left along The Embankment, ending at Russell Park where there were Speeches and Displays 13 Jun 1944. BP Boxes 1863 to 1865.