{"product_id":"stonyhurst-college-otc-brass-shoulder-titles-pair","title":"Stonyhurst College OTC brass shoulder titles, matching pair","description":"\u003cp\u003eA matching pair of Stonyhurst College Officers' Training Corps (OTC) brass shoulder titles, with the original backing plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStonyhurst College\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStonyhurst is a Jesuit Catholic boarding school near Clitheroe in Lancashire. It is the direct descendant of the college Father Robert Persons founded at St Omer in 1592, and settled at Stonyhurst in 1794.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt educated a large share of England's Catholic families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrom Cadet Corps to OTC\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStonyhurst's Cadet Corps first paraded on 16 October 1900 in the Ambulacrum, overseen by the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment on War Office orders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt then became part of the OTC under the Haldane reforms. The OTC trained young men so they could become officers in the Special Reserve and Territorial Force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrill parades and field exercises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusketry and annual camp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTactics, map reading and military engineering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA strong contingent\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rector was one of a small number of headmasters the War Office allowed to nominate boys directly to Sandhurst. That privilege only went to schools whose OTC reached a set strength, and Stonyhurst had three full companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first officer commanding was Pearse of the East Lancashire Regiment, later awarded the DSO (1917).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Great War\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe school's record in the Great War is notable. Today's cadet platoons are named after Old Stonyhursts who won the Victoria Cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe college's Shrine and Science Buildings were given by old boys and friends as a memorial to its men who served in the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225229447496,"sku":"10233","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/stonyhurst-college-otc-brass-shoulder-titles-pair-front.heic?v=1794519763","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/stonyhurst-college-otc-brass-shoulder-titles-pair","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}