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5th Divisional Cyclist Company



21st of August 1913 Lecture

9th of August 1914 At Southampton

13th of August 1914 Landing in France

13th of August 1914   Landing in France

14th of August 1914 Advance Party Leave

15th of August 1914  Arriving Busigny

16th of August 1914 Billets Organised

22nd of August 1914  On the March

23rd Aug 1914 Patrols

23rd of August 1914 Holding the Line

24th Aug 1914 Rear Guard

25th Aug 1914 In Defence

26th Aug 1914 Orders

26th Aug 1914 Under Fire

26th of August 1914  Holding Position

27th Aug 1914 Defensive line

27th of August 1914 Retirement in the Dark

28th Aug 1914 On the March

28th of August 1914 An Exhausting March

29th Aug 1914 Bivouack

29th of August 1914 Sleeping in the Streets

30th Aug 1914 On the March

30th of August 1914 A Hot March

31st Aug 1914 On the March

31st of August 1914  Pursued by Germans

1st of September 1914 A Delayed March

2nd of September 1914 An Early March

3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne

5th of September 1914 March Finished

6th of September 1914 Army Advances

7th of September 1914  Another March

8th of September 1914 An Early March

9th of September 1914 On the Move

10th of September 1914 Marching

11th of September 1914 Marching

12th of September 1914 A Wet March

13th of September 1914 A Showery March

14th of September 1914 Broken Bridges

15th of September 1914 An Attack Falters

16th of September 1914 Bad Roads

17th of September 1914 Artillery Reinforced

18th of September 1914 Some Enemy Firing

19th of September 1914 Trenches Fired Constantly

20th of September 1914 Sappers Make a Bridge

21st of September 1914  Missy on Fire

22nd of September 1914 Enemy Retiring?

23rd of September 1914 Heavy Shelling

25th of September 1914  Very Quiet

26th of September 1914 Moves Successful

27th of September 1914 A False Alarm

28th of September 1914 Shelling

29th of September 1914 Quiet

30th of September 1914 Astride the Aisne

1st of October 1914 A Withdrawal

2nd of October 1914 Moonlit Relief

3rd of October 1914 On the March

4th of October 1914 On the March

5th of October 1914 A New HQ

6th of October 1914 Orders to Move

7th of October 1914 A Train Ride

8th of October 1914 Entraining Finished

11th of October 1914 New Billets  location map

12th of October 1914 Orders to Advance  location map

13th of October 1914 Advance Resumed  location map

14th of October 1914 Supporting the French  location map

15th of October 1914 Advance Ordered to Continue  location map

16th of October 1914 Empty German Trenches  location map

17th of October 1914 An Advance  location map

18th of October 1914 Advance Resumed  location map

19th of October 1914  Slow Progress   location map

20th of October 1914 A Fluid Front  location map

22nd of October 1914 Our Line Attacked  location map

23rd of October 1914 Withdrawing to a New Line  location map

24th of October 1914 Germans Attack  location map

25th of October 1914 More Attacks  location map

26th of October 1914 Germans Repulsed  location map

27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack  location map

28th of October 1914 Counter Attack Falters   location map

29th of October 1914  Determined German Attack  location map

30th of October 1914 German Attack Fades  location map

31st of October 1914 A Counter Attack   location map

2nd of November 1914 Three Groups Organised  location map

3rd of November 1914  Situation Report  location map

5th of November 1914  French Attack Falters

7th of November 1914  Messines Attack Slow

8th of November 1914 Half-hearted Attacks  location map

15th of November 1914  2nd Corps Reorganise

18th of November 1914 Shell Fire

21st of November 1914 Regiments Under-strength  location map

23rd of November 1914  Germans Digging In  location map

24th of November 1914  Our Artillery Effective  location map

25th of November 1914  Royal Scots Shelled

26th of November 1914 Quiet and Misty  location map

28th of November 1914  On the Move

29th of November 1914  Infantry Distribution  location map

1st of December 1914  Quiet Time

2nd of December 1914  A Moonlit Night  location map

3rd of December 1914 Instructions

4th of December 1914 Reliefs  location map

4th of December 1914 Relief  location map

5th of December 1914  Relief Complete   location map

6th of December 1914 Frosty Night

8th of December 1914 Poor Conditions

10th of December 1914 Naval Victory Cheered

14th of December 1914  French on the Offensive  location map

16th of December 1914  Instruction  location map

18th of December 1914 No Progress

21st of December 1914 Howitzers Silenced  location map

26th of December 1914 Messines Square Targetted   location map

31st of December 1914 Message  location map

4th of January 1915 Trench Work  location map

7th of January 1915 Very Wet Weather  location map

8th of January 1915 Trenches Damaged   location map

15th of January 1915 Germans Fire Slowly  location map

16th of January 1915 Squally Weather  location map

19th of January 1915  Thaw Sets In  location map

21st of January 1915 Wulverghem Shelled  location map

22nd of January 1915 Aeroplane-Aided Shelling  location map

14th of February 1915 Germans Plan an Attack?

15th of February 1915 Heavy Rain

16th of February 1915 Baling All Night  location map

21st of February 1915 8th Howitzers Leave  location map

22nd of February 1915 Cheering and Rockets  location map

24th of February 1915 Snipers Checked  location map

25th of February 1915 

1st of March 1915  Quiet  location map

6th of March 1915  No Hostile Patrols   location map

16th March 1915  Information

18th of March 1915 Trench Mortars

21st of March 1915 Intelligence

26th of March 1915 Enemy Guns Active   location map

26th of April 1915  Quiet Night   location map

27th of April 1915  Reliefs  location map

6th of May 1915 Another Attack Fails  location map

7th of May 1915 Attack Ordered  location map

2nd of June 1915 German Aeroplane Down  location map

3rd of June 1916  Quiet Day  location map

4th of June 1915 German Work Stopped  location map

6th of July 1915 Brigadiers Conference

14th of July 1915 Aeroplane Active  location map

21st of July 1915 Relief  location map

26th of July 1915 Concentration Completed

30th of July 1915  Detrainment

2nd of August 1915 Trench Inspection

3rd of August 1915 Batteries Move

5th of August 1915  Quiet Day

9th of August 1915   Bridges Guarded  location map

30th of September 1915 Watching the Enemy  location map

1st of January 1916 Night-time Shelling

2nd of January 1916 Direct Hits  location map

1st of February 1916 

4th of February 1916  

10th of February 1916  MG Coys Join

4th of March 1916 Snow All Day

5th of March 1916 Moving Around

6th of March 1916  Enemy Dispersed

11th of May 1916 Shoot Again Postponed

4th of June 1916  Germans Raid Trenches  location map

4th of September 1914 An Easier March

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5th Divisional Cyclist Company

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Armstrong Reginald George. Pte. (d.26th Mar 1918)

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  Pte. Reginald George Armstrong E Squadron North Irish Horse (d.26th Mar 1918)

Reginald George Armstrong was born in Dublin but enlisted in Antrim. He was the son of Charles B. Armstrong, of Beechfield House, Clontarf, Dublin. >He was killed in action in Flanders age 20 and is buried in Toutencourt Communal Cemetery and is commemorated at the Presbyterian Church, Clontarf.

Update : Private Reginald George Armstrong 'E' Squadron, 5th Army Cyclist Corps Was killed in action age 20, Tuesday, 26th March 1918, when the British 5th Army was driven back across the former Somme battlefields during the German 'Operation Michael'.

S Flynn






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