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Russell Ridout recently picked up the following postcard on Ebay :- The reverse side, unfortunately the writer didn’t add his surname :- The following postcard of the restaurant is from the collection of the  National Museum of Australia :-

Occasionally items relating to the 25th London Cyclists come to our attention. Usually for sale on Ebay and other auction sites, but also from contacts and donations. Russell Ridout is collecting as many of these items as possible to create … Continue reading →

Following on from the last blog about the WW1 Cyclists Memorial, is a short film (1m33s) from 1950 :- Anniversary Service At Cyclist’s War Memorial (1950) There is also a short BBC audio recording (5m10s) :- National Cycling Memorial, Meriden: … Continue reading →

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I. Located in The Green at Meriden, between Coventry and Birmingham, in Warwickshire, England. It was built to remember the cyclists who rode and died during World War … Continue reading →

There are several films on the British Pathe web site featuring cyclist battalions from WW1. The battalions  in the first two films cannot be identified however the hat badges on the following film look round like the 25th London’s badge … Continue reading →

Russell Ridout has picked up an old postcard of the 25th London’s Headquarters. The gateway your ancestor would have walked through to enlist. And here is is today, now occupied by the Army Reserve’s Royal Yeomanry. Photo acknowledgements – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham_House

Gayler, Herbert Henry, resident Willesden, enlisted in the 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion at Fulham (740705). He died of wounds in Waziristan, N.W.F. India, 23 Jun 1917. He was born in Chiselhurst, Kent in 1882, the son of Henry … Continue reading →

I had previously blogged about the Ride to the Somme. On the 13th the BBC Countryfile program was dedicated to Remembrance day featuring the Ride to the Somme. Bicycle battalions were mentioned but the main focus was the Army Cycle … Continue reading →

Based on a True Story DREAMS AND REALITIES by Jonathan L. Trapman Jonathan Trapman presents an epic journey within this heptalogy (series of 7) and dynastic tale taking its starting point from a true story his forebear initiated, some 230 … Continue reading →

This week the 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion featured on the BBC program “Inside the factory : Bicycles” (Series 2, no.4). At the 24 minute mark several photos from the 25th London Bn. website were used, including two in … Continue reading →