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A chronicle of events connected with the 25th County of London Cyclist battalion, the London regiment, and the 26th Middlesex (cyclist) V.R.C., and military cycling in general. Originally published for the 25th London (Cyclist) Old Comrades' Association, 1932;
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Men from the unit took part in the campaign in Waziristan (1919), 3rd Afghan War and some were present at the Amritsar Massacre in 1919.
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Westlake, Ray, 2007. Directory of Rifle Volunteers, Military Historical Society Special Number, p42
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Recruiting Poster for the 25th County of London) Cyclists, c1912 (Imperial War Museum)
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Badge of pattern worn from 1908 until 1922, when the battalion was disbanded.
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Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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25th (County of London) (Cyclists) Battalion, London Regiment
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Always Ready: The Drill Halls of Britain's Volunteer Forces
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The unit was originally formed on 26 February 1888 as the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1922
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26th (Cyclist) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps

United Kingdom

Territorial Army
Fulham House
Third Anglo-Afghan War
Waziristan campaign (1919–20)
bicycle battalion
London Regiment
British Army
Royal Corps of Signals

Inns of Court Regiment
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Territorial Force
Haldane Reforms
London Regiment
All Saints Church, Fulham
The London Cyclists
Imperial War Museums
"badge, headdress, British, 25th (County of London) Battalion (Cyclists)"
Imperial War Museums
"The London Regiment"
the original
"25th Cyclist's Battalion London Regiment - War Memorials Online"
Seeley, Service
ISBN
0-85936-271-X
ISBN

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