Nottingham Officer Training Corps

Nottingham Officer Training Corps

This is a Community to collect stories of the men who started their military training in the Nottingham OTC. The origins of the Officer Training Corps can be traced generally in the growing militarisation of early twentieth century British public discourse, and more specifically to the decision by Lord Haldane, the Secretary of State for War, in 1906 to appoint a committee to look into the problems caused by shortages of officers in the military reserve, namely the militia, the Volunteer Force, the Yeomanry, and the Reserve of Officers. The committee recommended the formation of what became known as the OTC with a senior division in the universities, and a junior division, now the Combined Cadet Force, in public schools. The intention behind the OTC was to provide basic military training for young men who would become officers in the Special Reserve of the Territorial Force. All male students were eligible to volunteer. They enrolled in the O.T.C. as cadets and undertook theoretical and practical military training alongside their college studies. The training involved instructional parades, exercises and field operations, musketry, annual training at camp, lessons in tactics, map reading and military engineering.

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    Died 1918

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    British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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  • Born 1891

    Died 1916

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    Born 1896

    Died 1917

    British Army 62751 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

    British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

  • Born 1896

    Died 1917

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    Died 1918

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    British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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    Died 1916

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  • Born 1887

    Died 1915

    British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

    British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

  • Born 1899

    Died 1918

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  • Profile picture for William Lisle Rockley

    Born 1896

    Died 1917

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    British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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