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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 ...
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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 ...
Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. The SSI of some army divisions have become known in popular culture. [1] [2] [3]
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 ...
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
12th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (formed 1 March 1918, absorbing the brigade MG companies) Divisional Mounted Troops A Squadron, King Edward's Horse (joined April 1915, left June 1916) 12th Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps (left 15 June 1916) 12th Divisional Train Army Service Corps. 116th, 117th, 118th and 119th Companies
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