Memorial to be held for cyclists killed in action

A service is due to take place to remember cyclists who were killed in action.

It will be held at the national Cyclists Memorial in Meriden, Warwickshire, and up to 400 cyclists from around the country are expected to attend.

The event is in its 102nd year and will be led by a senior Army chaplain.

Organiser Dave Hearn said: "We try to make it a fun event too and it's got its social side."

He said the event attracted more than 20,000 people in the 1950s and was an important chance for cyclists to get together.

Wreaths will be laid at the memorial and a brass band is due to play.

Set up in 1915, the Army Cyclist Corps played a key role during World War One in scouting enemy positions and providing communications along the front line.

The memorial was unveiled in Meriden in 1921 by the CTC charity, attracting more than 10,000 cyclists from across the UK.

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