London 25th Regt

25th County of London Cyclist Battalion
The London Regiment

Arthur was born in Fulham in 3 Nov 1896, the son of George, a Grocer, and his wife Jane (nee Beynon)

In the 1911 census he was listed as a Telegraph Messenger for the General Post Office, aged 14.

Service record shows that he enlisted in the 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion :-
No. 1917
Address - 41 Furness Rd, Fulham,
Enlisted 7 Dec 1914
He was attached to the 19th London Regt. (London Div. Cyclist Company) no. 348, and transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps 1 Nov 1916, no. 13065.
He served in France from 24 Sep 1915 and was wounded on the 16 Oct 1918. He returned to the UK on the 17 Dec 1918, where he spent 52 days in the Stourbridge Military Hospital.

[Photo courtesy of his granddaughter Margaret Eyre]