Old Boy
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Morning All!
My uncle , Arthur John Beresford, was in the above unit of the territorial army. I have a card for the unit entitled 'Programme of Drill and Training for 1913. The only names are those of the officers.:-
Captain F M Chatterley - Lt Kenneth R Davis and 2Lt W Martineau
My Uncle was killed at Passchendale on August 28 1917. I wondered what had happened to the three officers but there is no record of them in the Commonwealth War Graves so I presume they survived the war if, in fact, they served. I suspect that Capt Chatterley was possibly a Boer War veteran and was probably getting on in years. I also wonder if 2Lt Martineau was a member of the well known family of that name. If anyone has information about any of these men I would be interested.
Finally the card says "Regimental Orders are published each week in Thursday nights 'Mail' and Fridays 'Post# and also on the Companys notice board and must be carefully read as ignorance of orders cannot be taken as an excuse. Any change of address must be immediately reported to Colour Sergeant Vincent, Small Arms Factory, Small Heath.
The above suggests that although membership of the TA was entirely voluntary the discipline was fairly strict. Also, being non commissioned, Colour Sgt Vincent was not entitled to initials of his Christian name.
Old Boy
My uncle , Arthur John Beresford, was in the above unit of the territorial army. I have a card for the unit entitled 'Programme of Drill and Training for 1913. The only names are those of the officers.:-
Captain F M Chatterley - Lt Kenneth R Davis and 2Lt W Martineau
My Uncle was killed at Passchendale on August 28 1917. I wondered what had happened to the three officers but there is no record of them in the Commonwealth War Graves so I presume they survived the war if, in fact, they served. I suspect that Capt Chatterley was possibly a Boer War veteran and was probably getting on in years. I also wonder if 2Lt Martineau was a member of the well known family of that name. If anyone has information about any of these men I would be interested.
Finally the card says "Regimental Orders are published each week in Thursday nights 'Mail' and Fridays 'Post# and also on the Companys notice board and must be carefully read as ignorance of orders cannot be taken as an excuse. Any change of address must be immediately reported to Colour Sergeant Vincent, Small Arms Factory, Small Heath.
The above suggests that although membership of the TA was entirely voluntary the discipline was fairly strict. Also, being non commissioned, Colour Sgt Vincent was not entitled to initials of his Christian name.
Old Boy