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Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 15 September 2003. Corrected and updated 03.07.2005
 
7th (Cyclist) Battalion,
The Devonshire Regiment
1908-1920
 
United Kingdom 
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons

  Badges and Uniforms
  Colonels
 Traditions
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage English County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles
   
1908.06.11 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
formed in T.F. with HQ at Exeter from cyclist sections of 1st Vol Bn, 2nd Vol Bn and 5th Vol Bn
 
  • A Company at Torquay
  • B Company at Exeter (dets at Topsham and Woodbury)
  • C Company at Exeter
  • D Company at Cullompton (dets at Bradnitch and Silverton)
  • E Company at Crediton
  • F Company at Dartmouth
  • G Company at Plymouth, raised 1912?
  • H Company at Torquay, raised 1912?
  1915.03 1/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
renumbered on formation of 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalion
  1920.02.07 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Bedford Circus, Exeter
   
  • A Company at ?
  • B Company at ?
  • C Company at ?
  • D Company at ?
  1921? disbanded (order to convert as 7th (Devon and Warwick) Medium Brigade, RGA rescinded)
     
     
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Volunteers
History:
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Deployment and War Service of Units:
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Biography and Gallantry Awards:
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Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
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Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
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  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

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  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
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Record of Colours:
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  Uniforms and Badges
   
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  Honorary Colonels Index of Royal Colonels
1909 vacant
1912.05.31 Lt-Col. G.J. Ellicombe [to 1920]
  Traditions
 
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  Bibliography How To Find Books
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