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H.
Evans - He was one of sixteen selected men of the 1/1st to be transferred to
the 3rd Line East Anglian Divisional Cyclists on Tuesday < 16/10/1915
had gone to France. The day of their departure they were accorded a
hearty send-off when they were paraded on the Battalion Parade Ground, and
headed by the Regimental Band, were marched to the station. On the
station the Band played appropriate music, while Col. Herbert the Captain
chaplain - Rev K. D. Knowles, the Adjutant - Capt. Myres and other officers
said " good-bye ", and a tremendous cheer was the good-bye of the
home battalion as the train steamed out of the station.
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