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| specific_type = Cyclist battalion | | specific_type = Cyclist battalion | ||
| size_at_full_strength = 1000 | | size_at_full_strength = 1000 | ||
| − | | | + | | start_date = February 1914 |
| − | | unit_name1_start_date = | + | | created = New unit raised in Huntingdonshire but included some men transferred from [[1/5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, UK|1/5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment]]. Authorised to be raised in February 1914 and officially recognised 2/4/1914.<ref>{{Cite AO|1914|61}}; {{Cite AO|1914|143}}; [http://www.huntscycles.co.uk/Formation.htm The formation of the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion].</ref> |
| − | | unit_name1_end_date = | + | | unit_name1 = Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion |
| − | | unit_name1_reason_for_change = | + | | unit_name1_start_date = February 1914 |
| + | | unit_name1_end_date = October 1914 | ||
| + | | unit_name1_reason_for_change = Formed duplicate battalion, [[2/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, UK|2/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion]]. | ||
| + | | unit_name2 = 1/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion | ||
| + | | unit_name2_start_date = October 1914 | ||
| + | | unit_name2_end_date = | ||
| + | | unit_name2_reason_for_change = | ||
| alternate_unit_names = | | alternate_unit_names = | ||
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| + | | disbanded = Dismbodied at end of war service. In 1920 it was converted to an infantry battalion of the [[Northamptonshire Regiment, UK|Northamptonshire Regiment]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_%28Huntingdonshire%29_Battalion,_Northamptonshire_Regiment Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
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| − | + | * [http://www.huntscycles.co.uk/ The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions website] | |
| + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_%28Huntingdonshire%29_Battalion,_Northamptonshire_Regiment Wikipedia] | ||
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Revision as of 04:44, 12 March 2016
| 1/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, British Army | |
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| Years active: | February 1914 – |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Service: | British Army |
| Branch: | Territorial Force |
| Type: | Mounted |
| Specific type: | Cyclist battalion |
| Full size: | 1000 |
| Sources for overview: | |
| Created: | February 1914. New unit raised in Huntingdonshire but included some men transferred from 1/5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Authorised to be raised in February 1914 and officially recognised 2/4/1914.[1] |
| Sources for created: | |
| Name1: | Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion |
| Name1 Start: | February 1914 |
| Name1 End: | October 1914 |
| Reason for change: | Formed duplicate battalion, 2/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion. |
| Sources for name1: | |
| Name2: | 1/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion |
| Name2 Start: | October 1914 |
| Name2 End: | |
| Reason for change: | |
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| Alternate names: | |
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| Disbanded: | Dismbodied at end of war service. In 1920 it was converted to an infantry battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment.[2] |
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| For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. | |
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| Relationship type: | Administrative |
| Parent unit: | Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, UK |
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References
- ↑ Army Order number 1914 (61); Army Order number 1914 (143); The formation of the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion.
- ↑ Wikipedia
