MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE

[49lassiepen]

Not sure if this is in the correct section

Marlborough ccf have gone back to the old pre 1937 badge on the beret A circlet surmounted by a bishops mitre - Household Div ,with guards ribbon backing they are no longer associated with line regiment I am awaiting a photograph of this badge ,also at present i am uncertain what this badge is made of
Regards David

[Alan O]

Interesting. How accurate is the pre-1937 date? I know that contemporary sources state that the shield badge with title scroll was being worn in 1938.

[49lassiepen]

Hi not sure how accurate the 1937 date is -this came from a note and photo the late [J.B]sent of his collection of Marlborough items Sold Bosleys 4/96 I purchased the helmet plate I suspect the 1938 date is more accurate
marlborough college-1938
cap badge the arms of the school are worn surmounted by a mitre with the word marlborough on a scroll
Button the letters M.C overlapping
S/T Marlborough college O.T.C in straight lines


I would assume the old type badge was no longer worn from this date I have this 2nd badge in blackened brass,brass and anodised

1st type-Marlborough College Cadet corps bronze ? lugs
Marlborough College O.T.C Corps b/b slider

I have a photo of this type being worn c1905-cadet corps

[John Mulcahy]

Extracted the following article about the cadet corps from the Navy & Army Gazette vol 12 1901 which may be of interest.

John

[John Mulcahy]

Also on google free e-books is..

A History of Marlborough College During Fifty Years: From Its Foundation to the Present Time.

Arthur Granville Bradley, Arthur Charles Champneys, John Ward Baines
J. Murray, 1893 - 323 pages with a chapter on the cadet corps.

Link here but may not be available outside the USA

https://books.google.com/books?id=hH...istory&f=false