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How George William Cover led me to examine this unit My interest in this unit came through my study of George William Cover, who is shown by the campaign medal roll to have served as a Sapper with two numbers of the Corps of Royal Engineers of the Territo…

Member SocMedHist47 wrote this at our “In the Dugout” forum.

Produced by the talented Mark Ellis on behalf of the Leamington History Group.

This article is derived from work I carried out for a private client in 2020, examining the life of Albert Edward Harnott.

The source of this information is the war diary of the General Staff at X Corps headquarters (National Archives piece number WO95/853).

Today I have launched “In the Dugout”, a new community space for the Long, Long Trail’s users.

I have known about this for some time, but now it is being broadcast I can jump around a bit and say … fame at last!

In February 1916, the training of infantry officers was reorganised and a number of Officer Cadet Battalions came into existence.

All men presenting themselves to attest with the intention of enlisting into the Territorial Force were made aware of the general conditions of the terms under which they would serve.

This article is based on work I carried out for a private client in Canada in 2025.

I came across this story this morning when writing a biography of Second Lieutenant Thomas Eric Henderson, an officer of the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment.