BBC1-Countryfile-Remembrance Day Special. Self shooting-Director & Edit Producer (c) BBC from bbc 100 reads Watch Video
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Description: StorynnHelen Skelton is on a special cycle ride across northern France to commemorate 100 years since the Battle of the Somme. She finds out about the brave cycling battalions that travelled from many parts of rural Britain, to fight there. Helen also meets fellow riders to hear their personal reasons for taking on the cycling challenge.nnnHistory of the Army Cycle CorpsnnThe Army Cyclist Corps was formed in 1914, merging a number of pre-existing cyclist battalions, from the Territorial Force.