GHQ issued Army Order 226 on 21 October 1914, defining the Divisional Cyclist Company. It was now to be considered as an organisation distinct from the battalions from which its men were drawn. Any promotions made by the company’s commanding officer were to be considered as Acting but with the pay of the substantive rank.
Its organisational establishment was to be as follows:
- Company HQ
- 1 Captain, commanding
- 1 Company Sergeant Major
- 1 Company Quartermaster Sergeant
- 1 Artificer
- 1 Driver for the wagon/cart
- 1 Corporal Signaller
- 2 Privates Signallers (1 of which may be a Lance Corporal)
- 1 Batman (normally a Private)
- 3 Platoons, each of
- 1 Subaltern (that is, Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant)
- 1 Sergeant
- 2 Corporals
- 26 Privates
- 1 Batman (normally a Private)
- Attached to company
- 2 rank and file of the Royal Army Medical Corps (Normally Privates)
- 1 interpreter officer
- 1 Batman for officer (normally a Private)
- 1 Storeman
- 9 men of the 1st Reinforcement (normally Privates)
Company transport was to be provided as follows (noting that the company’s baggage and supplies were to be carried by the train of the Divisional Mounted Troops, rather than its own transport):
- 105 bicycles
- 1 limbered General Service wagon or Small Arms Ammunition cart
- 2 horses for above