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Huntingdon Cyclist Batallion - In memory of all who served part/whole of WW1 in this Batallion
Huntingdon Cyclist Batallion - In memory of all who served part/whole of WW1 in this Batallion
From https://m.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/100706 The formation of a Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion was approved by the War Office in February 1914 (Gazette issue 28807). A number of NCOs and men from the two Huntingdonshire companies of the Bedfordshire Regiment were transferred to the new battalion. Eight companies were formed with headquarters in Godmanchester: two local and one in St Ives and Somersham, St Neots and Kimbolton, Ramsey and Warboys, Yaxley and Farcet and two in Fletton, Stanground and Peterborough. The Regimental Band was the original civilian Fletton Victoria Prize Band. The battalion had its only annual territorial camp in Skegness in July 1914. On 4 August, within days of returning, war was declared (Gazette supplement 28861) the battalion was mobilised and sent by train to Grimsby with 550 officers and men to patrol the coast between Scarborough and Grimsby. The battalion was moved to Scarborough in 1916, and to Whitby in June 1918. A 2nd battalion of cyclists was quickly formed and sent to Lincolnshire for coastal guard duties in October 1914. In spring of 1915, a 3rd battalion was authorised but unable to reach full strength, so it was disbanded, with the men who had been recruited being shared between the other two battalions. After 2 years of training and coastal patrols, the majority of the 1st Battalion were drafted to France on 28 July 1916 to serve in a reconnaissance role, and like all those who followed them, were rebadged to other regiments. The Huntingdonshire cyclists were never able to fight as a unit outside the UK and eventually men with no Huntingdonshire affiliations were drafted into the two battalions. With the end of the War on 11 November 1918 (Armistice Day), the 1st Battalion was stood down on 14 April 1919, and the 2nd Battalion on 12 December 1919. A year later it was reconstituted as the 5th (Huntingdonshire Battalion) the Northamptonshire Regiment. See also http://www.huntscycles.co.uk
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Died 1916
British Army 590 Acting Corporal Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 30233 Acting Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British Army 30233 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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British Army 290855 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 290855 Private Bedfordshire Regiment
British Army 225545 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 681 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 20798 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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British Army 290147 Serjeant Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 290147 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment
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British Army 779 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 507739 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 34 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 203348 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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British Army 2026 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 290629 Private Bedfordshire Regiment
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British Army 701 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 39409 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment
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British Army 242 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 268568 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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Born 1882
Died 1918
British Army 290861 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 290861 Private Bedfordshire Regiment
British Army 225561 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army 893 Acting Corporal Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 43037 Acting Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment
British Army 43037 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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British Army 1371 Corporal Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
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British Army 290026 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 290026 Private Bedfordshire Regiment
British Army 225508 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion
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British Army 322428 Pioneer Royal Engineers
British Army 290953 Pioneer Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 14472 Pioneer Army Cyclist Corps
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British Army 563 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 43007 Private Bedfordshire Regiment
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British Army 1358 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 20764 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
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British Army 1070 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
British Army 43444 Private Bedfordshire Regiment
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