A number (half a dozen) of Rydal School OTC popped up on ebay last year. All well made but totaly repro. A couple were listed as repro. These are definately fake as are all SRS badges that I have seen.
http://www.britishbadge.co.uk/produc...oducts_id=1216
As for Rydal Sch OTC if you look at my OTC album, it was not recorded as being in existance in 1911, nor in the 1919 list of fallen OTC members although the school did have 63 former pupils killed, nor in 1940' Army list. It must have been a very short lived OTC.
The school history suggests that the OTC was formed after the School's name change in 1915.
Rydal School 1885-1995
Thomas Osborn, Rydal Mount’s first Head, was a very able and inspiring teacher. Starting with 14 pupils in 1885, the number of pupils at Rydal Mount rose to 107 by 1899 and had dropped to 58 by 1910, when TGO died. TGO’s son, George FA Osborn, took over as Headmaster but the numbers continued to fall and by 1915, only 34 pupils attended the School which was threatened with closure.
A.J. Costain accepted the Headship of Rydal Mount in 1915. Change came fast: new school houses were bought; in 1915 Rydal Mount became Rydal; by 1920 the numbers had increased to 220; in 1922 Rydal became a public school; 1923 rugby took over from football as the main sport; 1923-28 New Field was bought and developed into a first rate games’ field; 1930 saw the opening of the impressive New Buildings which accommodated a large number of classrooms; in 1931 the Junior School opened. Between 1939-1945 Rydal was evacuated to Oakwood Park near Conwy. By 1946, the tiny, failing school AJC took over had become a mainstream public school with a national reputation.
These people will able to tell you more:
http://alumni.rydalpenrhos.com/history/archives/