The 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment was a mobile coast defence unit of Britain's Territorial Force. It was formed in 1908 from a nucleus provided by a Volunteer battalion first raised in 1859.
Cap badge of the East Yorkshire Regiment, granted to the battalion in 1885
British Army cyclist in marching order, 1914–18.
Local politician and commanding officer of the 1/5th (Cyclist) Bn Sir Robert Aske.
Hull Rifles
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The Hull Rifles, later the 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force first raised in Kingston upon Hull in 1859. During the First World War it served on the Weste
5th (Cyclist) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
…company-sized RVCs were quickly formed, their officers receiving their commissions the following year. In 1860 these were formed into two battalions: the 1st (Consolidated) Battalion, comprising all the RVCs in Hull, and the 2nd (Administrative) Battalion East York Rifle Volunteers incorporating those outside the town: 3rd (Howdenshire…
Londesborough Barracks, Hull.
Preserved trenches at Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62.
British Mark I Male tank, preparing to advance at Flers–Courcelette.