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Old 18-10-10, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Toby Purcell View Post
There could be and often was a third WO in the battalion before the 4-company re-organisation and that was the unit's Schoolmaster, although I am unclear when this appointment ceased.
I have just woken up to why I neglected the schooly. Obvious: he was indeed a WO but did not wear a rank badge, according to Clothing Regs.

Incidentally, they appear to be very inconspicuous in group photos pre-Great War ........ both at Home, and Overseas. Perhaps only within the classroom were they a power in the land.
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