Military Knowledge 2

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Military Knowledge 2

• History of the Corps
• and the
• Royal Anglian Regiment

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The Begining

• The cadet corps ( at this time known as an
  Officer Training Corps) at Merchant Taylors
  was officially created in the September of 1900,
  
• although as early as 1896 there was reference to
  a C Company (M.T.S) of the London Rifle Brigade.
  
• Subscription was 5 shillings a term

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Early Years

• Initially it was staffed by teacher- officers
  alone but in 1910 the M.T. Company donated money
  to pay for a permanent R.S.M.
  
• Q.M.S. Lindsell had previously served 21 years
  in the Royal Marines.
  

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On parade 1912, bayonets fixed
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The Great War 1914-1918

• The O.T.C.s were devoted to recruiting and
  training young men for active service right from
  the start.
  
• By 1918 we had 1600 O.M.T.s and 13 Staff on
  active service.
  
• 251 killed
• 280 wounded
• 10 gassed
• 24 missing
• 30 taken prisoner

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WW1 decorations

• 300 in total including 3 V.C.s, 38 D.S.O.s,
• 114 M.C.s
• Approximately, then, one in six killed and one
  in six decorated.
  
• A truly bloody but glorious record.

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The V.C.s

• Lt J.C. Barrett V.C. Fifth Leicestershires
• In September 24th 1918, during the attack on
  Ponruet, he rallied his men and stormed a machine
  gun infested trench, personally disposing of two,
  and inflicting many casualties. He continued to
  fight even after he received a serious wound.

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The V.C.s

• Midshipman G.L. Drewry V.C. R.N.R
• While serving in the Dardanelles, he was
  responsible for a landing craft heading for the
  beaches. During rough seas and hellish shellfire,
  he managed to secure the craft at the beachhead,.
  Even after receiving a serious head wound through
  machine gun fire, he swam from vessel to vessel
  with a rope.

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The V.C.s

• Captain A.O. Pollard V.C., M.C, D.C.M. H.A.C.
• Joining in the ranks, he was decorated at Ypres,
  then commissioned.
  
• He rallied disorganised troops after his
  battallion suffered heavy casualties due to shell
  fire. Then, after a strong enemy force put in a
  determined attack, through force of will he
  organised and lead a counter attack, regained
  what had been lost, and much more in addition.

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WW2

• All boys over the age of 17 served in the local
  home guard unit. Invasion was expected, and three
  pill boxes were positioned near the lake.
  
• When the air raid siren sounded during the night
  Cadets were posted on the roof of the Great hall
  to look out for fire bombs.
  
• In 1940 the O.T.C. is renamed the Junior
  Training Corps

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evolution

• Up to this point the corps had been only an Army
  organisation but in 1941 the R.A.F. Section was
  formed under the title of the Air Training Corps.

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Post War

• The Corps continued to prepare boys for national
  service.
  
• Soon after National service ended, in 1963, the
  corps became fully voluntary.
  
• In 1953 the Navy Section was created
• New CCF building opened in 1983, the same year
  the Army Section started wearing the Royal
  Anglian Khaki beret.
  

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Recent Changes

• In 1993, because St Helens was considering
  joining the M.T.s educational Trust,
  
• 23 girls joined the CCF.
• 2007, Lt Col Colley returns to the CCF as
  Commanding officer. His 25th year in the Corps.
  He served previously from 1971-1995 in the Army
  section.

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The Royal Anglian Regiment

• The Army Sections sponsor regiment.
• This is an infantry regiment with an
  illustrious history spanning over 300 years.

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• The 1st Battalion are known as the Vikings
  after the influence of the Nordic Warriors on the
  Eastern part of the Regimental area. They have
  recently returned from Afghanistan

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Sniper section
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The Vikings are training in the UK to convert to
the new Bulldog armoured fighting vehicle.
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• The 2nd Battalions name the poachers is
  inherited from the nickname of one of their
  forbears, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment who
  adopted the name from the title of their
  Regimental march, The Lincolnshire Poacher. they
  are currently deployed in Germany as a Light Role
  Battalion with 7 Armoured Brigade (The Desert
  Rats). 

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Hard at work in Iraq 2006
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Territorial Anglians

• The 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment is
  the Territorial Army Infantry Unit of East Anglia
  . They are known as the Pompadours
  

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The Royal Anglian cap badge
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• Collar Badges
• The 1st Battalion wear The Royal Norfolk
  Regiment's Britannia superimposed on The Suffolk
  Regiment's Castle and Key of Gibralter.
  
• The 2nd Battalion wear the Royal Lincolnshire
  Regiment's Sphinx over the Northamptonshire
  Regiment's Battle of Honour TALAVERA.
  

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• Salamanca Eagle
• The 2nd Battalion 44th (East Essex) Regiment won
  great glory for itself at the Battle of Salamanca
  in 1812 when it captured the Eagle, the
  equivalent of a British Regiment's Colours, of
  the French 62nd Regiment. This is now worn as a
  side badge by the 3rd Battalion.

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The regimental quick march