8 ? Indian Army or colonial ?

[red rags]

Please, can any member the badge below...TINY JR Gaunt London on slider.

[manchesters]

I seem to recall it may the 8th Officer Cadet Training Unit from WW1, but cant find my reference at present.

regards

[engr9266]

Does this help??

In February 1916 a new system of training for officers was introduced, after which temporary commissions could only be granted if a man had been through an Officer Cadet unit. Entrants would have to be aged over 18 and a half, and to have served as a ranker or to have been with an OTC. The training course lasted four and a half months. The Officer Cadet Battalion had an establishment of 400 cadets at any time (although this was raised to 600 – if the unit could accommodate them – in May 1917). More than 73,000 men gained infantry commissions after being trained in an OTB, with increasing numbers coming from ‘the ranks’ as the war went on.

OTB Number Location
1 Newton Ferrers
2 Pembroke College, Cambridge
3 Bristol
4 Oxford
5 Trinity College, Cambridge
6 Balliol College, Oxford
7 Moore Park, County Cork, Ireland
8 Lichfield
9 Gailes, Ayrshire
10 Gailes, Ayrshire
11 Pirbright
12 Newmarket
13 Newmarket
14 Berkhamstead
15 Romford
16 Kinmel, Rhyl
17 Kinmel, Rhyl
18 Bath
19 Pirbright
20 Crookham, Aldershot
21 Crookham, Aldershot
24 (Tank Corps) Hazeley Down, Winchester
Household Brigade Bushey
1 Cavalry Netheravon
Garrison Jesus College, Cambridge

[red rags]

Brilliant...I never thought of that! Superb

[Peter Brydon]

See lot 423 in Bosleys Postal Auction of July 2006- 8th Bn. Officer Cadet Battalion, scarce WW1 white metal cap badge. J.R. Gaunt, London, slider. GC. £40-£60.

The image is identical to the badge in this thread.

P.B.