BigT Posted 25 February , 2013 Share Posted 25 February , 2013 According to my research Wynham Lewis attended No 4 Officer Cadet School of the RGA in Weymouth in 1916-17. Does anyone know where in Weymouth the school was located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 25 February , 2013 Share Posted 25 February , 2013 According to his service papers, he was actually at No.1 RGA Officer training school at Trowbridge ,Wiltshire from 3rd November to 25th December 1916 (He was at Weymouth earlier, however - 30 Company, Westham Training Unit - between 8th April 1916 and 14th July 1916 which is also the date he was promoted to A/Bombardier). .....assuming of course that we're talking about the same Wyndham Lewis? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigT Posted 28 February , 2013 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2013 Thanks Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony paley Posted 23 March , 2013 Share Posted 23 March , 2013 Trevor, According to his memoirs whilst at Weymouth he appears to have been a drill instructor of sorts. Probably because he may well have been at a school octu at some time. Tony P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 23 March , 2013 Share Posted 23 March , 2013 According to his service papers, he was actually at No.1 RGA Officer training school at Trowbridge ,Wiltshire from 3rd November to 25th December 1916 (He was at Weymouth earlier, however - 30 Company, Westham Training Unit - between 8th April 1916 and 14th July 1916 which is also the date he was promoted to A/Bombardier). .....assuming of course that we're talking about the same Wyndham Lewis? Dave Dominic Bevan Wyndham Lewis - the writer - served in the Welch Regiment so I guess we are talking about Percy the painter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 23 March , 2013 Share Posted 23 March , 2013 Dominic Bevan Wyndham Lewis - the writer - served in the Welch Regiment so I guess we are talking about Percy the painter ...and Ivor Wyndham Lewis served in the ASC, Wyndham H.Lewis in the SWB, Philip Wyndham Lewis in the Monmouthshire Regt, another Wyndham Lewis (Wyndham as 1st name) in the ASC, another couple in the Welsh Regt, SWB, one in the RE etc etc.... plus two or 3 in the Artillery - which is why I asked after looking at Percy W.Lewis' records (which I happen to have a copy on on my HD). By the OP's response on 28th February, I'd say that your guess is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 23 March , 2013 Share Posted 23 March , 2013 ...and Ivor Wyndham Lewis served in the ASC, Wyndham H.Lewis in the SWB, Philip Wyndham Lewis in the Monmouthshire Regt, another Wyndham Lewis (Wyndham as 1st name) in the ASC, another couple in the Welsh Regt, SWB, one in the RE etc etc.... plus two or 3 in the Artillery - which is why I asked after looking at Percy W.Lewis' records (which I happen to have a copy on on my HD). By the OP's response on 28th February, I'd say that your guess is correct. But you didn't say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 23 March , 2013 Share Posted 23 March , 2013 Trevor, According to his memoirs whilst at Weymouth he appears to have been a drill instructor of sorts. Probably because he may well have been at a school octu at some time. Tony P Not sure whether some artistic license would be used in his memoirs there to be honest as he was only a lowly gunner whilst at Weymouth. His appointment to Acting Bombardier only came when he left Weymouth and moved to Lydd. He was also promoted from this (via Bombardier) to Corporal at Lydd by September 1916 so, if he was employed as a drill instructor at any time, it is likely to actually have been at Lydd where he was to remain until his application for a commission (2nd attempt) in October 1916. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 23 March , 2013 Share Posted 23 March , 2013 But you didn't say Neither did anyone else on this thread (nor did it appear that we needed to)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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