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Originally Posted by grumpy
until the 8-company infantry battalion gave way to the 4- , in 1913/14, the Sergeant-Major [appointment] was one of only two WOs [rank] [the other was the Bandmaster] in the battalion.
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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.