The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions

Arthur Shepherd.

The Arthur Shepherd was in B company the 2/1^st HCB – his number was 1179 – on enlistment he said he came from Papworth St. Agnes enlisting in January 1915. He was posted to the 3^rd Bedfordshire Regiment [Pte. Number 43417] and went with them to France on the 27^th July 1916 [to back up numbers of men killed on the 1^st day of the battle of the Somme]. Like many other HCB men he was wounded in 1916 and was in hospital – wounded in left thigh and again wounded on the 6/9/1918.
His parent was only identified as ‘A’. Shepherd – records also indicate that he was also attached to the Hertfordshire Regiment for a short period of time.

He met my wife in 1916 at a field hospital near Louth or Sutton on sea, and married in 1920.

Arthur had a brother Horace who also served in the H. C. B enlisting in HCB before May 1915, stating that he was a farm labourer from Papworth St Agnes and Charles, another brother, who did not serve in the H.C.B.

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09/04/2012
. . Martyn Smith ©

	The Arthur Shepherd was in B company the 2/1^st HCB – his number was 1179 – on enlistment he said he came from Papworth St. Agnes enlisting in January 1915. He was posted to the 3^rd Bedfordshire Regiment [Pte. Number 43417] and went with them to France on the 27^th July 1916 [to back up numbers of men killed on the 1^st day of the battle of the Somme]. Like many other HCB men he was wounded in 1916 and was in hospital – wounded in left thigh and again wounded on the 6/9/1918. His parent was only identified as ‘A’. Shepherd – records also indicate that he was also attached to the Hertfordshire Regiment for a short period of time. He met my wife in 1916 at a field hospital near Louth or Sutton on sea, and married in 1920. Arthur had a brother Horace who also served in the H. C. B enlisting in HCB before May 1915, stating that he was a farm labourer from Papworth St Agnes and Charles, another brother, who did not serve in the H.C.B.
If you can help with any data on this Huntingdonshire Cyclist please contact me at huntscycles@btinternet.com
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09/04/2012	.	.	*Martyn Smith* ©