Cyclist company - Revision history

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2017-11-11T20:18:16Z

Text replacement - ", UK" to ", British Army"

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A '''cyclist company''' was a [[mounted]] unit whose soldiers were equipped as [[infantry]] but mounted on bicycles, which they used to move around, dismounting to fight. It could be a sub-unit of a [[cyclist battalion]] but there were also independent cyclist companies.

== British Empire ==

=== British Army ===

All British cyclist companies that have pages on this site are listed in [[:Category:British cyclist companies]]. Early in the war, a cyclist company formed part of the mounted troops attached to each [[infantry division]]. These companies were independent and didn't have a parent battalion, but they were later removed to corps level and merged into [[cyclist battalion]]s. Most cyclist companies became administratively part of the [[Army Cyclist Corps, UK|Army Cyclist Corps]] when it was formed but there may be some exceptions.

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	=== British Army ===		=== British Army ===

−	All British cyclist companies that have pages on this site are listed in [[:Category:British cyclist companies]]. Early in the war, a cyclist company formed part of the mounted troops attached to each [[infantry division]]. These companies were independent and didn't have a parent battalion, but they were later removed to corps level and merged into [[cyclist battalion]]s. Most cyclist companies became administratively part of the [[Army Cyclist Corps, UK\|Army Cyclist Corps]] when it was formed but there may be some exceptions.	+	All British cyclist companies that have pages on this site are listed in [[:Category:British cyclist companies]]. Early in the war, a cyclist company formed part of the mounted troops attached to each [[infantry division]]. These companies were independent and didn't have a parent battalion, but they were later removed to corps level and merged into [[cyclist battalion]]s. Most cyclist companies became administratively part of the [[Army Cyclist Corps, British Army\|Army Cyclist Corps]] when it was formed but there may be some exceptions.