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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 ...
English: A shield arced at top and bottom 3 1/2 inches (8.89cm) in height and 2 1/2 inches (6.35cm) in width, consisting of a field divided quarterly yellow and black and thereon at upper right, a yellow Lamp of Knowledge enflamed; at lower left, a yellow Trojan helmet; and diagonally across the yellow quarters, a black sword point up, all between two yellow panels outlined black and inscribed ...
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)
SVG version of en:Image:United States Army Corps of Engineers logo.png {{seal}} File usage. More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 ...
The first use of Army branch insignia was just prior to the American Civil War in 1859 for use on the black felt hat. A system of branch colors, indicated by piping on uniforms of foot soldiers and lace for mounted troops, was first authorized in the 1851 uniform regulations, with Prussian blue denoting infantry, scarlet for artillery, orange for dragoons, green for mounted rifles, and black ...
Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment; Active: 27 February 1914 – 1 May 1961: Country United Kingdom: Branch British Army: Type: Bicycle infantry Infantry: Size: 1–3 battalions: Part of: Eastern Command 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 143rd (Warwickshire) Infantry Brigade 11th Infantry Brigade
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 ...
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