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1206790 Private John Allan 63rd (R.N.) Cyclist Coy Royal Naval Division (d.27 Jun 1915) John Allan served in 63rd (R.N.) Cyclist Coy Royal Naval Division Remembered at . WW1 |
1206572 David Black Army Cyclist Corps  Going through documents etc from my wife's late grandfather I have come across some photos of past relatives. Two are of a David King of Brinscall Lancashire Station Road Lancs who was in the Cyclist Corps but I can find no trace of him online. |
1206203 Pte. John Henderson 1st/4th Btn. Gordon Highlanders (d.19th July 1918) John Henderson was killed in action on the 19thof July 1918, aged 34. Buried in the Marfaux British Cemetery in France, he was the husband of Betsy Henderson and father of Janet Henderson, 2 Fleuchar Street, Dundee, Scotland. In 1915, John enlisted in the Highland Cyclist Battalion and was later transferred to the Gordons. He had been in France for 10 months. |
258800 Pte. Harry Bentley 18th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment (d.10th Oct 1918)  Harry Bentley, my great-uncle, was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire 12 Apr 1888. He enlisted in the 13th (Service) Btn., Yorkshire Regiment on 11th Nov 1915, but was discharged 21st Feb 1916 no longer physically fit for military service due to severe psoriasis. He re-enlisted 14th Dec 1917 in the West Yorkshire Regiment On 18th Mar 1918, he was transferred to 1/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion and sent to France. On 18th June 1918, he was transferred to the 18th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. He died 10th October 1918 from leg wounds received in action. He is buried at La Kreule Military Cemetery at Hazebrouck, France. |
256345 Pte. Robert John Posnett 36th Ulster Division Cyclist Company Army Cyclist Corps My great uncle Robert Posnett is recorded as serving with the 36th Ulster Division Cyclist Company. I cannot find any info on this corps e.g. roll call, diaries etc. I also have a photo of him with two crossed flags on his left arm and 4 chevrons on his left which indicates he served for 4 years. |
251854 Pte. Alfred Victor Newman Army Cyclist Corps Alfred Newman was the grandfather that I never knew as he died before I was born. However, one of the few family documents on him that I have, is his war pension certificate, showing that he received a pension of 8s 3d for an unknown partial disablement that he suffered with. The certificate is dated sometime in Nov 1917. |
251121 Pte. George Matthew Freeman 1/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.22nd Aug 1917) George Freeman was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, the eldest of 9 children. His mother died in childbirth when he was 15. Like his family, he worked the land as a horseman. He met his wife in Kings Ripton, Huntingdonshire while working on a farm. They married in 1912. In 1915 he joined the Huntingdon Cyclists then in 1916 he was transferred to the 1/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was wounded several times during several battles. Then on the 22nd Aug 1917 he was killed in action in Belgium, leaving behind his widow, Ethel, and two young boys. He was 26 years old. The following year his younger brother, Fred, was also killed in action in France age 19. He had only been in the field for 4 months. Also remembering his brother-in-law, Arthur, who was killed in Belgium in 1916 leaving a widow and baby that he'd never seen. |
248332 Pte. Charles Arthur Johnston 12th Batallion Cyclist Corps (d.23rd December 1918) Charles Johnston was my grandfather. My Nana never talked about him so I know very little about him. I have their wedding photo and some pictures of him with his family and he looks very like my middle son. I know that my mother must have been a honeymoon baby because Charley and Hannah, my Nana, were married in November 1915 and Mabel, their only child, was born in August 1916. I have a postcard that Charley wrote to Hannah in November 1916, on a ship bound for who knows where. He didn't see either of them again, as far as I know. |
244025 Pte. Alfred Long MM. 17th (2nd Leeds) Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment  Alfred Long died in 1972 aged 76. I was aged 8 years old at the time and the youngest of his 6 Grandchildren. My only memory of him was his short stature, kind wrinkley face and sitting on the floor next to his rocking chair whilst he rocked gently and puffed cigar smoke towards me. I was always told never to ask Grandad about the war as it was too terrible for him to recall. In later years my cousin, who lived with my Grandparents for a couple of years, told me how Grandad would not allow vinegar in the house and that no-one was allowed vinegar on their fish and chips as a result of being a victim of a gas attack. |
238675 RSM. Albert Owen James MSM. 11th Btn. Army Cyclist Corps  RSM Bert James MSM was my grandfather and was taken prisoner in Italy during the First World War. He was senior NCO at the Cottbus POW camp and I am seeking more information on his battalion. |
237557 Pte. Rowland Hollington 24th (1st Tyneside Irish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st Jul 1916) I have discovered that my Great Uncle, Rowland Hollington died with many others during the Battle of the Somme. We have always known of my Great grandfather who survived the Somme in the Grimsby Chums, but not his brother, who joined the Tyneside Irish from a Cyclist Regiment and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. |
236777 Lt. Leonard Stopford Brooke 110 Squadron (d.25th Sep 1918) Leonard Brooke was the son of Leslie and Sybil Brooke, of 14 Marlborough Hill, St John's Wood, London. Gazetted to King's Royal Rifle Corps in March, 1915. He served in France with Army Cyclist Corps November to March, 1917. Born in London, he is buried in the Bad Bergzabern Cemetery in Germany. |
236133 Pte. Charles William Muckell 1st (London) Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.5th April 1918) Charles Muckell was baptised on the 25th of Sep 1889 at Battersea, St Saviour, Wandsworth in London, only child of Charles Muckell and Alice Mary Atterton. He enlsited with the Cyclist Battalion, Sussex Regiment. Whilst serving with the 1st London Battalion, Royal Fusiliers he was killed in action on 5th of Apr 1918. |
235230 Pte. Reginald Goatham 7th Battalion East Kent Regiment Reginald Goatham was my Great Uncle, my paternal grandfather's older brother. He signed up to serve in November 1914 and was killed in action on the Somme in October 1916. Reginald has no marked grave, but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. |
234961 Pte. Charles John Crampton 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment My grandfather, Charles John Crampton, was a school teacher who joined the army aged 38, which seems quite late for someone in a profession to be joining up. He joined the Army Cycle Corps which again seems an unusual unit to join at that age. I have inherited his war diary which tells us of some of his comrades who were injured or killed in WW1 between June 1916 and 26th Jan 1919. I would like to learn more about him as I never knew him. |
233991 L/Cpl. Gilbert Henry Williams Somerset Light Infantry (d.23rd May 1915) My mother investigated Gilbert Williams from a death penny that had been handed down the generations. She found that Gilbert had served in the Cyclist Corps and died in West End Hospital in London on 23rd May 1915. We don't know how he died or where he is buried or if he is recognised on any memorial. We would love to hear if anyone has any information on this. |
233884 Pte. Arthur James Lake Royal Engineers Arthur Lake served with the Army Cyclist Corps, Kings own Scottish Borderers and the Royal Engineers. |
233870 Pte. Tom Hardwell 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Tom Hardwell was my grandfather, it seems he was moved about from 2 other battalions 1st Gloucesters then to Sherwood Foresters cyclist division then to the 4th Cyclist Corps then to the 11th battalion, Sherwood Foresters. He survived the war returning to Bristol. |
233657 Sgt. Joseph John Timmins 7th Btn. Leinster Regiment  Joseph Timmins, my grandfather, left his wife and three sons to enlist in Fermoy (why Fermoy? He lived in Belfast) on a short service engagement on 20th November 1914. He was immediately posted to the 7th Battalion, Leinster Regiment. He transferred to the Army Cyclists Corps and was posted to the 16th Battalion on 16th January 1915. He then transferred to the Royal Inniskilling Fuseliers and was posted to the 7th Battalion. Posted to no. 54 POW company of the Labour Corps on 15th April 1917 as a corporal. He was promoted to sergeant on 15th July 1918. |
231645 Pte. Charles Albert Richard Kaine Army Cyclist Corps (d.29th July 1917) Charley Kaine lost his life on the 29th of July 1917. |
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