Recruitment, Conscription & Home Units

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1. Form SD 622 - Confidential Reports on cadets in Officer Cadet Battalions (OCBs) 1 2 3 4 6

   By Charles Fair, 7 December , 2019   

   • officer cadet battalions
   • officer cadets
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     • officers file
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     • officers
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   • Charles Fair
   • 4 March

2. Britain`s Boy Soldiers 1 2 3 4 5

   By PhilB, 12 June , 2004
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   • BeppoSapone
   • 10 November , 2004

3. The FREEMASONS 1 2 3 4 5

   By johnboy, 11 August , 2013
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   • Jon6640
   • 19 January , 2021

4. Religious Groups opposed to war 1 2 3 4

   By MichaelBully, 5 November , 2011
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   • gethine45
   • 10 May , 2019

5. Special Reserve: recruitment 1 2 3 4

   By Muerrisch, 16 March , 2008
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   • Keith_history_buff
   • 31 March

6. Your Country Needs You (well I do!) 1 2 3 4

   By funfly, 5 June , 2010
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   • Fusilier11
   • 4 August , 2013

7. Reserved occupations 1 2 3

   By reformbill, 22 June , 2005
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   • kenf48
   • 20 March , 2016

8. Staff Officer Training 1 2 3

   By PhilB, 26 May , 2008
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   • nigelcave
   • 23 July , 2008

9. Having a lovely time in Blackpool. (2nd and 3rd Line battalions on the Lancashire Riviera 1916-1916). 1 2 3

   By high wood, 10 August , 2021
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   • ilkley remembers
   • 2 December , 2023

10. Royal Defence Corps 1 2 3

    By sjustice, 10 December , 2006   

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    • rdc
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    • Graham Stewart
    • 30 March , 2021

11. Resisting Enlistment 1 2

    By Cheepie, 19 February , 2006
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    • Magnumbellum
    • 11 April , 2012

12. Photo of tank selling war bonds 1916 1 2

    By P.Rhodes, 19 December , 2010
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    • Sidearm
    • 3 March , 2011

13. Territorial force 1 2

    By munchkin, 9 July , 2004
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    • AndrewThornton
    • 16 August , 2004

14. Schools of Instruction for army officers 1915 - predecessors to the OCB system 1 2

    By Charles Fair, 25 February , 2019   

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    • oxford
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      • commissions
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    • Charles Fair
    • 9 April , 2022

15. Sequence of events once you attended a recrtuitment office? 1 2

    By kerry, 3 July , 2023
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    • Matlock1418
    • 8 July , 2023

16. A Shocking Response to Mobilization 1 2

    By tn.drummond, 11 April , 2012
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    • tn.drummond
    • 27 April , 2012

17. Enlistment and Draft 1 2

    By Guest mruk, 19 October , 2006
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    • papadelta23
    • 14 May , 2012

18. 5th Kings Royal Rifle Corps 1 2

    By IPUN, 13 May , 2020   

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    • charlie962
    • 6 March , 2023

19. Determining which regiment to join 1 2

    By Bart150, 19 May , 2008
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    • Ashleigh
    • 18 November , 2009

20. 1st Rifle Brigade Colchester 1 2

    By Game pat, 4 June , 2016
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    • MBrockway
    • 8 June , 2016

21. New Army Units Raised in London 1915 1 2

    By Perth Digger, 1 September , 2017   

    • recruitment
    • metropolitan london
    • 35 replies
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    • Guest
    • 22 September , 2017

22. which county 1 2

    By Fred W, 26 September , 2006
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    • Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson
    • 2 October , 2006

23. A Brighton Round Up 1 2

    By MichaelBully, 6 April , 2011
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    • MichaelBully
    • 8 October , 2011

24. 'Dockers' Battalion' Birkenhead & Liverpool 1 2

    By CarylW, 24 November , 2009
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    • CarylW
    • 4 June , 2011

25. Derby Scheme 'volunteers' - choice of regiment 1 2

    By Jim Hastings, 23 December , 2012
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    • Alan24
    • 13 July , 2015