An amateur historian from Cornwall is selling his WW2 Home Guard bike, which could be the last in the world.

Ben Evans, from Devoran, first acquired the bike in 2015 as a collection of spare parts, then spent the next two years restoring it.

He did such a good job, maintaining as many original parts as possible, that the bike has since been used in period dramas and museum productions.

Curious about the bikes rarity, Ben contacted Raleigh who told him they believe this to be the only example of the bike that exists to date in such condition.

But 24-year-old Ben has been forced to put the bike up for sale, after crashing his motorbike and needing the money to cover repairs and insurance excesses.

The Humber 3-Speed was used by the Home Guard during WW2, and this particular bike belonged to the 7th battalion, based in Falmouth.

Humber is an English brand of bicycle, set up by Thomas Humber in 1868, and was known for producing reliable, quality bikes.

In 1914 cycles took a back seat for the company, as they became the second largest motorcar manufacturer, and the trademarks were later sold to Raleigh.

Raleigh confirmed that they were not aware of any other bike of this sort which has survived to the modern day in such good condition.

The bike is fully functional and features mostly original parts, but some items such as the tyres, rear parcel shelf and the three leather tool pouches had perished and had to be recreated.

The radium dial, Lucas bell, wheels, frame, Brooks saddle, mudguards and oil bath are all original fixtures, from the 1930s.

There is also an original services watch, and the rear oil-fed lamp is an original 1894 Lucas Warna with a red lens.

Ben was so determined to get the bike back to its original condition that he had the paint specially recreated by Halfords, who used a 3D scan of the remaining paint to reproduce the original colour.

Ben, who works for Mylor Chandlery and Rigging, and volunteers as a fireman for the Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway, said: "I've never heard of another surviving in this condition.

"Its a bit of an unusual old thing, she's worth quite a bit more than I've listed her for.

"I've had the bike for over two years now, I bought her on eBay so she's gone full circle now.

"I've spent lots of hours working on it, I would spend five or six hours a week doing repairs during summer.

"It's been an uphill battle but it's a labour of love, I'm sad that she's going.

"I'm very attached to it so I want it to go to a good home.

"Mechanically this bicycle is perfect, I ride it several times a week, and it is extremely fast and comfortable.

"The bicycle was made out of high strength steel so it is heavy, she weighs about 50lbs with all her kit on so you need to be fit to pedal uphill.

"This is a truly outstanding and utterly unique bicycle with a lot of irreplaceable kit that cannot be readily sourced anymore.

"She is absolutely sound and ready to ride and has been very lovingly looked after.

"It is almost certain she is the very last of her kind anywhere in the world.

"She is absolutely kitted out and finished to the last degree, so much so that she has been used for a number of professional period drama and museum productions in the time I've had her back on the road."

The 7th Battalion Cornwall Home Guard Bicycle is currently on sale on eBay for £2,500, but Ben says he is open to sensible offers.