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A very significant change was brought about when state schooling was improved sufficiently that it was no longer felt necessary for soldiers in barracks to attend compulsory lessons on a weekly basis in literacy and numeracy. From that point the focus shifted away from individual battalions and more to the garrison schools. Returning to the subject of the subject photo I still think that the oddly dressed individual is most likely the schoolmaster associated with the battalion. He was probably a member of the mess, as he was required to be member of a sergeants’ mess by Queen’s Regulations and few garrisons had central sergeants’ messes. Last edited by Toby Purcell; 03-04-24 at 07:42 AM. |
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QVR 1893 VII. 130: Army schoolmasters, when posted to a garrison school, will be honorary members of the Sergeants Messes of the units whose men attend the school; they will not be required to pay any entrance fees in respect of this advantage. Thus one man might appear in several unit group photos. This was done similarly in JHQ BFG Rheindahlen; I was a member of the RAF Officers' Mess, the Army Mess, and the Civvy Officers' Mess but only paid Mess subs [at extortionate Group Captain rates] to the RAF Mess. |
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Yes, as I said upstream: An essential reference for deeper study is the doctoral thesis by Elaine Ann Smith. I summarized it in my recent book. . Malta just before the Great war had five battalions and six WO schoolmasters, plus NCO schoolies Last edited by grumpy; 10-04-24 at 03:15 PM. |
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