No. 18 Officer Cadet Battalion

[Nigel Marshall]

Peter & Steve,

Thanks very much for your responses. I might be being a bit dim, but above in the thread, #20, Peter has said that all these men were training for infantry commissions. The 2Lt WR Mitchell Steve mentions is relinquishing his RASC commission - not infantry. However, Peter has said that it was a 2Lt Mitchell who was serving as a cadet in C Coy.

Could this mean that 2Lt WR Mitchell RASC was in training to become 2Lt WR Mitchell an infantry officer?

Or did it not work like this?

Thanks for the responses gents, much appreciated and far speedier than my last one!

Nigel

[DavidOwen]

My great grandfather was posted to this OCB on 7th April 1917. He was Temp 2nd Lieutenant Edmund Chadwick posted to Lancashire Fusiliers (served in the ranks with the 2nd Btn West Yorkshire Regiment), gazetted 29/8/1917. I would love to know anything about the OCB, the training he would have gone through, who else might have been on his intake, etc. 

 

Regards

 

David

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On 02/06/2007 at 17:27, Stebie9173 said:

One for me too, please, Peter.

Second Lieutenant Ewart Marlow

6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.

- Born on 11th August 1895 at Desborough, near Kettering, Northamptonshire.

- Son of Jesse Marlow, Secretary at Desborough Co-Op Society, and Mrs Ann Marlow.

- Educated at Wellingborough Grammar School.

- An assistant iron-ore mine and estate manager prior to enlistment.

- Resident at "Iseleigh", Desborough during the war

- Enlisted on 29th November 1915 and posted as a Private, Reg. No. 3056, to 3/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars.

- Posted as Private, Reg. No. 42095, to "A" Squadron, 5th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry at Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth on 8th February 1917.

- Applied for a commission in the cavalry on 19th February 1917, but not succesful.

- Renumbered with Royal Bucks Hussars number H/206370 in 1917.

- Admitted to hospital with mumps between 26th March and 10th April 1917.

- Applied for a commission in the Infantry on 11th September 1917.

- Joined No. 18 Officer Cadet Battalion at Bath on 8th February 1918.

- Trained as a Cadet and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 26th June 1918.

- Posted to 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.

- Posted to 6th (Service) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment on ..............

- Won Military Cross at Ronssoy between 18th and 21st September 1918 for leadership of two platoons during attack, taking of prisoners and consolidation of positions.

- Severely wounded in the left arm and left shoulder by a splinter from a trench mortar round that also fractured the left scapula at Vendhuille on 29th September 1918.

- Evacuated to England via Le Havre and Southampton on 7th October 1918, landing on 8th October 1918.

- Admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital on 8th October 1918.

- Posted to 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment in February 1919.

- Passed fit for General Service at a Medical Board on 2nd June 1919.

- Relinquished commission on completion of service as a Second Lieutenant on 1st September 1921.

Military Cross:

London Gazette - 8th March 1919 and 4th October 1919

"For marked gallantry and able leadership during operations 18th to 22nd September, 1918, near Ronssoy. On the evening of 21st September he handled two platoons with such skill that the operation was a great success. His quickness in dealing with the situation after the capture of 48 prisoners, and the rapid consolidation contributed very largely towards enabling this post to stand out against the enemy's immediate counterattack."

Probably, a "just for the record", as I have a fair bit on him, already...

I would be interested in any other Northamptonshire Regiment cadets that passed through No. 18 OCB.

The above also demonstrates that 4 and a half months is pretty accurate!

Steve.

I have a framed photograph of the 18th O.C.B. football team which includes Ewart Marlow. I will post a copy, but there will undoubtedly be a reflection on the photograph.

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A trimmed down version of the framed photograph.

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This is Ewart Marlow. The second photograph shows his signature and that of Walter James Hunt.

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This is Thomas Augustus Morgan, formerly Pte. 47710 Northumberland Fusiliers. Commissioned into the Welsh Regiment 25th June 1918. Killed in action 8th October 1918.

Medal index card courtesy of Ancestry and the newspaper clipping taken from the Western Mail 15th October 1918. courtesy of FMP.