25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion

[1] The battalion was converted to a unit of the Royal Corps of Signals in 1922.

[2] The unit was originally formed on 26 February 1888 as the 26th Middlesex (Cyclist) Volunteer Corps, as part of a growing interest in the use of bicycles for military uses.

[3] It was attached to the Inns of Court Regiment and was affiliated with the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).

[5] 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.

[6] Its First World War memorial is located in All Saints Church, Fulham.

26th Middlesex (Cyclists) Volunteer Corps, 1896