Did you know there was a Bankers' Battalion in WWI?

[charlie_cochrane]

I guess I should have known, as there was a bicyclists' battalion and the artists' rifles.

Read about them here and here. (And if you fancy a rather nifty postcard commemorating them, nip into your nearest branch of Lloyd's.

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[sandra-lindsey.livejournal.com]

So many different battalions were formed during WW1 to help the fight. Today I learned there was a Transport Workers Battalion, which was formed of enlisted men who were then trained & posted to work with civilian companies to keep transport services running.

Definite plot-bunnies, but putting them aside for later as I came across it while reading up for a story about women in WW2...

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

*nods* so many plot bunnies. I want to write about fighting cyclists.

[sandra-lindsey.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, yes you should.

Along with all the other stories in your head. We needs them, preciousss....

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I needs time to write them...