Honouring the "Glorious Glosters" Bike Ride

On 16 May 2021, a team of us will be touring the city of Gloucester on a 25-mile bike ride starting from Gloucester Rugby Club and finishing at the memorial to the "Glorious Glosters" at Gloucester Park where we will lay a wreath to remember their sacrifice.

May 2021 will mark the 81st anniversary of the retreat to Dunkirk in the early stages of WWII. The 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, alongside the 4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry were ordered to hold the hilltop town of Cassel in Northern France for three days as part of the defensive screen around Dunkirk. When the order to withdraw was finally issued, the town was already surrounded. 

Out of the 164 "Glorious Glosters" defending Cassel, 128 were killed or wounded, and 36 were captured.

Their sacrifice was not in vain, however, as their brave rearguard action bought precious time for the evacuation of the beaches.

We will remember them as we set off on our fundraising bike ride around Gloucester.

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