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The headstones at Vandières of R.S. Caldwell (aged 24), J.H. Wain (age 27) and A. Norris, members of the Army Cyclist Corps, died June 1918. In accordance with the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c.9) which brought the Territorial Force into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside ...
13th (Western) Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps [37] 13th (Western) Divisional Train A.S.C. [37] 120th, 121st, 122nd, 123rd Companies (left June 1915) [37] 38th and 40th Brigade Transport and Supply Columns, new Divisional Transport and Supply Column (merged and formed 1 August 1918, renamed as 13th (Western) Divisional Train)
40th Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps (left 11 June 1916) 40th Divisional Train Army Service Corps. 225th, 226th, 227th, 228th Companies (joined November 1915, left by April 1916) 292nd, 293rd, 294th and 295th Companies (joined by April 1916) 51st Mobile Veterinary Section Army Veterinary Corps
26th Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps (formed 4 January 1915, left 16 December 1916) 26th Divisional Train ASC. 202nd, 203rd, 204th and 205th Companies ASC (transferred to 32nd Division November 1915) 112th, 113th, 114th and 115th Coys ASC (joined from 11th (Northern) Division)) 38th Mobile Veterinary Section AVC
The battalion was newly raised [1] at Tonbridge on 1 April 1908 [2] as a bicycle infantry battalion of the British Army's Territorial Force.Initially designated as the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), in 1910 it was separated from the regiment and redesignated as the independent Kent Cyclist Battalion [3] so as to encourage recruitment from the eastern part of ...
1/2nd South-Western Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Divisional Mounted Troops. 11th Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps – formed January–March 1915; to VI Corps Cyclist Battalion 12 July 1916; B Squadron, 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry – joined 4 April 1916 in Egypt; to VI Corps in France 12 July 1916
In particular, based on war time experience, the Army decided to dispense with cyclists units and the existing battalions were either disbanded or converted to artillery or signals units. [13] However, the Huntingdonshire Battalion was converted to infantry and on 7 February 1920 was reconstituted as 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion ...
The Northern Cyclist Battalion was a bicycle infantry battalion of the Territorial Force, part of the British Army. Formed in 1908, it served in the United Kingdom throughout the First World War and in 1920 it was converted as part of the Royal Garrison Artillery .