Kent Cyclist Battalion

Kent Cyclist Battalion
Active1 April 1908 – February 1920
Country United Kingdom
AllegianceBritish Crown
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
SizeUp to three battalions
Part ofEastern Command (peacetime)
16th Indian Division (Third Anglo-Afghan War)
Garrison/HQCorn Exchange, Tonbridge, Kent
EngagementsFirst World War
N.W. Frontier, India 1917
Baluchistan 1918
Third Anglo-Afghan War

The Kent Cyclist Battalion was a bicycle infantry battalion of the Territorial Force, part of the British Army. Formed in 1908, it was sent to India in the First World War and saw active service during the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919. In 1920, it was converted as part of the Royal Artillery.