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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 ...
25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion was a bicycle battalion of the London Regiment of the British Army. [1] The battalion was converted to a unit of the Royal Corps of Signals in 1922. [2] 26th Middlesex (Cyclists) Volunteer Corps, 1896
The 162nd Brigade was part of the 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division. [15] The increasing need to defend against attack from the air led to a number of Territorial Army units being converted to the anti-aircraft role in the 1930s and a major reorganisation in 1938 saw the TA divisions reduced from twelve to nine battalions. [16]
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 ...
The Highland Cyclist Battalion was a bicycle infantry battalion of the Territorial Force, part of the British Army.Formed as part of the Volunteer Force in 1860, it became a Volunteer Battalion of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1881.
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The Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion Association sponsored a corps of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, number 1888, in Toronto which was located at the St Lawrence Market Armouries. The Corps was only active for a short period 8 October 1942 until 28 August 1943) during the Second World War and the sponsorship eventually fell to that of the ...
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