1914/15 Star Trio to Broad Army Cyclist Corps.

An interesting 1914/15 star trio all medals correctly named to 3940 Private Charles Broad of the Army Cyclist Corps.
Charles was born around 1895 and on enlistment he resided in Chester and was employed as a carter.
He enlisted at Winchester in August 1914, so he must really wanted to join the Cyclist corps. After training and probably a little home defence he embarked from Southampton on the 19th May 1915 and arrived in France a day later with the 6th battalion ACC, part of the 14th Light Division.
The primary roles of the cyclists were reconnaissance and communications. They were armed as infantry and could provide mobile firepower if required. Those units that went overseas continued in these roles but also during the less mobile phases of war had settled down into entrenched warfare and spent much time in trench-holding duties and on manual work. However during the spring of 1918 they found themselves fighting as infantry in the trenches, as every man was needed against the German spring offensive.
Charles served through the whole of the war with just three leaves home. Research is needed to discover what the cyclists of this division did. They were in the region of Hooge in 1916 and the Somme in 16. During 1917 they stayed in the Somme area and on the whole were very active at both battles of Passchendaele.
The three medals come in very good condition and come on their original ribbons. The BWM has some light contact marks, so this trio was probably mounted for wear at some point. With the medals come printed copies of his medal index card and what was left of his service papers. A lovely untouched trio.

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