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Fulham was home to one of the stangest Corps of the Army - The Cycling Corps. The military use of cycles had begun in the mid 1880s when some of the old Volunteer Battalions had set up Cyclist Sections whose brief was to defend our island should invaders strike - a kind of Home Guard on wheels. However, their role changed in the Boer War, when cyclists effectively carried out a number of vital tasks and by the start of the 20th century there were some 8000 cyclists in various Companies. Fulham was home to The 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion - The London Regiment. Like the Salford, Manchester and Liverpool pals this regiment fought of The Somme and on the Thiepval Memorial 2 names are listed. |
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On a 9' square concrete base, formerly railed, a two-step plinth, six stone panels (three facing west, three east) 5' wide by 3' high, topped by a plain 4' cross. The central east-facing panel incised, still just about legible... THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THEIR GALLANT KINSFOLK WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 LORD ALL PITYING, JESU BLEST, GRANT THEM THINE ETERNAL REST Ninety names were originally incised on the other five panels, almost all now illegible. Denis Evinson, writing a pamphlet history of the church in 1998, noted as many names as were then still legible, but the carving has deteriorated considerably even since then. The memorial was originally sited near the south porch, and moved to near the centre of the churchyard in 1967. |
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The Belgian War Memorial is an odd sight in Fulham, the memorial is called Pietà and is signed signed on the right side by Sue Dring, between columns with Byzantine capitals. The Memorial is for the fallen of Belgium 1914 - 1919. |
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