Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg93
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg93 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1916 |
| Page number | Unknown |
| Publisher | Reading Standard |
| Description | 224 pages bound volume |
| Horizon Number: | 1246254 |
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READING UNIVERSITY COLLEGE O.T.C.
K E Y . The late Second Lieut. P. Rossiter - second row, eighth from left. T he late Sergt.-Instructor H . Westwick - second row, eleventh from left. The late Second Lieut. G. M. Shacklock - second
row, second from right. The late Second Lieut. V . R . W . Johnson - third row, eleventh from left. Mr. Whittington and Mr. Berry are not shown in the above photograph, which shows the contingent in 1913-14-.
Reading University College Officers' Training Corps - an Infantry Contingent o f th e Senior Division - replaced th e form er College Troop of th e Berkshire Yeomanry in 1908.
I t is a small con tin gen t, the establish m en t being only tw o platoons, and th e to ta l number of m em bers enrolled from th e foun dation t o May, 1915, bein g ju s t over 300 ; b ut its record is a good one.
T he aim of the Officers' Training Corps is to qu alify men t o becom e officers of th e Special Reserve or Territorial Force. J u d ged by this te st, o r by th e successes obtained in th e yearly exam inations
for Certificates A and B, University College Contingent com pares fav ou ra b ly w ith oth er con tin gen ts o f th e Senior Division.
T he rep utation acquired b efore th e ou tbreak o f war has been m aintained since. B efore August, 1914, 26 m em bers of th e
Corps had taken com m issions in th e Special Reserve, th e General Reserve and th e Territorial Force.
A t th e tim e of w ritin g (July, 1915) th is num ber was increased to 108, while fou r others had been adm itted t o th e
Royal M ilitary College and tw o w ere
servin g as S u b-Lieutenants w ith th e French Medical Service. In addition , 49 w ere servin g in th e ranks of his Majesty's Forces. A n d of form er officers o f th e C on tin gent not accounted fo r
above, Captain R . L . Pearson - who com m anded th e con tin g en t from its fou n dation till M arch 2nd, 1915 - was com m anding th e 35th Divisional Signal Company R .E . (Reading ); Lieut. S. J . M . Auld was servin g w ith the 4th Royal Berkshire Regiment; and Second Lieut. R . W . Palmer (atta ch ed from th e 3rd East Lancashire Regiment) was servin g w ith th a t regim ent in France and had been mentioned in dispatches and awarded th e Military Cross.
O f m em bers on a ctiv e service up t o th e tim e of w ritin g several had been reported, wounded or missing, and five - in addition to Sergt .-Instructor H . Westwick , o f th e Worcestershire Regimen -
had been killed, v iz .: Second L ieu t. P . Rossiter, Royal Berkshire Regiment; Second Lieut. G. M . Shacklock ,
Sherwood Foresters ; Second Lieu t. V . R . W . Johnson, Wiltshire Regiment; Second Lieu t. W . J . Whittington , Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; and Lieut. W . H . S. Berry, 4th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached t o Royal Irish Regiment.
[Photo by Walton Adams.