forage cap, peaked, forage cap
Accession Number

NAM.1979-07-129-2

Description

Forage cap, peaked, soft-topped, service dress, other ranks’, Northern Cyclist Battalion Infantry Territorial Force, worn by Cyclist J S Smith, 1918 (c). Khaki serge. Formed in 1908 as the 8th (Cyclist) Battalion, Northumberland Fusliers, the battalion became the Northern Cyclist Battalion in 1910. It served as three battalions throughout the UK during the First World War.