Training Units in England
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Contents
- 1 Brief History
- 1.1 1st Training Battalion
- 1.2 2nd Training Battalion
- 1.3 3rd Training Battalion
- 1.4 4th Training Battalion
- 1.5 5th Training Battalion
- 1.6 6th Training Battalion
- 1.7 7th Training Battalion
- 1.8 8th Training Battalion
- 1.9 9th Training Battalion
- 1.10 10th Training Battalion
- 1.11 11th Training Battalion
- 1.12 12th Training Battalion
- 1.13 13th Training Battalion
- 1.14 14th Training Battalion
- 1.15 15th Training Battalion
- 1.16 Overseas Training Brigade
- 1.17 Artillery Training Depot
- 1.18 Pioneer Training Battalion
- 1.19 Machine Gun Training Depot
- 1.20 Engineers Training Depot
- 1.21 29th Training Squadron Australian Flying Corps
- 1.22 Army Service Corps (AASC) Training Depot
Brief History
1st Training Battalion
Existed in Egypt before later being reformed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 Oct 1917.
Egypt
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID 27 Nov - 10 Dec 1917
England
- Pierre Wolfe Daimpre 10 Nov 1917 - 26 Jul 1918
- Walter Alfred King 28 Sep 1918 - ?? Apr 1919
2nd Training Battalion
Formed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 Oct 1917 before being disbanded 25 Apr 1918.
- Claude Francis Cooper 3 - 30 Sep 1916
- Joseph George Benton Jnr 28 Dec 1917 - 25 Apr 1918
- Ernest Camp 27 Dec 1917 - 30 Mar 1918
3rd Training Battalion
Egypt and then reformed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny, 10 October 1917 before being disbanded 8 Nov 1917.
Egypt
- † Charles Maul Glover 15 Dec 1915 - 18 Apr 1916
- Arthur Thomas Orton MM 17 Apr - 8 May 1916
- † Thomas William Dowell 26 Apr - 7 Jun 1916
- † Herbert George Lewis 4 May - 22 Jul 1916 during which time the unit relocated to England.
England
Unit Staff
- Herbert Lewis Battams 21 Jul - ?? Oct 1917
Trainees
- Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM 6 - 24 Jul
- Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney 2 Sep - 22 Nov 1916
- James Thomson MM September 1916
- Thomas Hughie Culbertson 3 Dec 1916 - 15 Jul 1917
- John Flynn 17 Feb - 10 Mar 1917
4th Training Battalion
Originally in Egypt, it was reformed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916 before being disbanded 4 Nov 1917.
Egypt
Trainees
- William Plant 11 Mar - 6 Jun 1916
- John William King 11 Apr - ?? May 1916
- † Frank Ernest Cousens 25 Apr - 19 May 1916
- Eugene Anthony Gillespie 4 Oct - 4 Nov 1917
- William Arthur Green 25 Apr - ?? May 1919
England
Staff
- James Clarence Taylor - attached from 76th Dental Unit 27 Jun - 6 Nov 1917
Trainees
- George Emanuel Nettleton 11 Jan - 11 Apr 1917
- Sidney Hart 13 Dec 1916 - 9 Mar 1917
- James Peter Henderson MM & Bar 27 Mar - 30 May 1917
5th Training Battalion
Formed Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917.
- Wilfred (George) Nettleton 5 Apr - 3 Dec 1918
- James Richard Parry (Dick) Murray 5 Apr - 4 Jun 1918
- Samuel Arthur Vincent 5 Apr - May 1918
- George Emanuel Harber 16 May 1918 - 5 Feb 1919
- John George (Jack) Ray 16 May - 4 Jun 1918
6th Training Battalion
Formed Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917, before being disbanded 23 Apr 1918.
- Henry Ivor Passmore DCM 9 Oct 1917 - 5 Mar 1918
7th Training Battalion
Egypt and then reformed at Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917, before being disbanded 8 Nov 1917.
Egypt
- † Ernest Selkirk MID 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
- Thomas William Kerry 10 Feb - 2 Mar 1916
- Edward Patrick Barker 10 Feb - 3 Mar 1916
- George Edward Binns 10 Feb - 3 Mar 1916
- † John Huntley 12 Mar - 1 Apr 1916
- † Frank Leslie Sexton 12 Mar - 2 Apr 1916
- Charles Bird 25 Apr - ?? May 1916
- Thomas Bird 11 - 30 Apr 1916
- † Leonard Roy Matthews 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
- † Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
- † John Whittaker 12 Mar - ?? Jun 1916
England
- William Wilfred Gerald Liddington 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
- Herbert Dunbar Cousens 10 Sep - 1 Nov 1916
- Robert Poole 10 Sep - 15 Nov 1916
- Aleck (Alex) Charles Gale 10 Sep 1916 - 19 Apr 1917
- Albert Thomas Myers 4 Mar - 13 Jun 1917
- Leonard Alfred Sawtell 28 Mar 1917 - 16 Jun 1918
- Henry (Harry) Butcher 17 Feb 1917 - 10 May 1917
- Samuel Vivian Mortimer 27 Nov 1915 - 27 Feb 1916
- Victor Norman Chandler MM 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
- Arthur James Allen 29 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
- John Esperance Blair 29 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
- † Wilfred Norman Robinson 29 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
- Henry Ivor Passmore DCM 17 - 18 Sep 1917
- John (Junior) Shepherd 17 Sep 1917 - 5 Mar 1917
8th Training Battalion
Formed at Larkhill on 5 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and hen to Fovant 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 5 Nov 1917.
- Roslyn Christopher Coulston 28 Dec 1916 - 29 Jul 1917
9th Training Battalion
Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916 and Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 before being disbanded on 12 Oct 1917.
- James Henry Davidson 6 Feb -14 Apr 1917
- Charles Henry Murray ?? Mar - 6 Apr 1918
10th Training Battalion
Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant on 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 31 Mar 1918
Staff
- James Clarence Taylor - attached from 76th Dental Unit 25 Mar - 2 Apr 1918
Trainees
- Joseph William Smith ?? Mar - 29 Apr 1917
- Charles Henry Murray 24 Jan - ?? Mar 1918
11th Training Battalion
Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 8 Nov 1917.
- Charles Frederick George Judd 26 Sep 1916 - 26 Dec 1916
- † Thomas Hesketh 26 Sep - 13 Nov 1916
- † Ernest John Coles 26 Sep - 20 Nov 1916
- John Waldegrave Packer 26 Sep - 9 Nov 1916
- Charles Henry Murray 29 Dec 1916 - 23 Jan 1918
- William Percy Matthews 29 Dec 1916 - 9 Apr 1917
- John Arthur Patterson MM 29 Dec 1916 - 24 Feb 1917
- John Henry Whitfield 29 Dec 1916 - 27 Feb 1917
- Thomas Ramsell 29 Dec 1916 - 24 Feb 1917
- Arthur Clarke 11 Jan - 21 May 1917
- † William Savage 11 Jan - 8 May 1917
- George William Piesley 5 Feb - 24 Apr 1917
- Eric Horace Bell 3 Mar - 10 Jun 1917
- † Gordon Walter Bone 18 Apr - 15 Jun 1917
12th Training Battalion
Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1917 and then to Hundcott on 14 Sep 1918
Egypt
Staff
- † Frank Ernest Cousens 20 May - 6 Jun 1916
Trainees
- John William King ?? May - 6 Jun 1916
England Staff
- James Clarence Taylor - attached from 76th Dental Unit 7 Nov 1917 - 24 Mar 1918
Trainees
- William Dobson Stevens 13 Jun - 3 Sep 1916
- Frederick William Scott 29 Jun - 15 Sep 1916
- Albert Nock 11 Jan - 20 Jul 1917
- Ernest William George Reed 11 Jan - 13 Jun 1917
- Herbert James Reed 11 Jan - 28 Feb 1917
- George Albert Alford 17 Feb - 18 Jun 1917
- William Henry Baldwin 17 Feb - 28 May 1917
- George Mouatt Dow 4 Mar - 28 May 1917
- William Percival Nairn 4 Mar - 1 Jul 1917
- Nicholas Joseph Rosekelly 4 Mar - 16 Sep 1917
- Francis William Swann 4 Mar - 12 Aug 1917
- † Arthur Werndly 4 Mar - 3 Jun 1917
- Albert John Llewellyn Reed 8 Apr - 21 Jul 1917
- John Alexander Trotter 29 Dec 1916 - 27 Mar 1917
- James Edward Grabham 11 Apr - 9 Dec 1918
- Archibald Watson 11 Apr - 30 Nov 1918
- Ellis Shackleton 11 Apr - 3 Dec 1918
- Samuel Arthur Vincent June - 7 Aug 1918
- John George (Jack) Ray 4 Jun - 14 Aug 1918
- James Richard Parry (Dick) Murray 4 Jun - 24 Jan 1919
13th Training Battalion
Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1917 and disbanded 12 April 1918
Unit Staff
- Victor Norman Chandler MM 1 Sep 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
Trainees
- Edward William Tink 14 May 1916 (Egypt) - 17 Dec 1916 (France)
- James Edward Grabham 15 Nov 1916 - 10 Apr 1918
- Archibald Watson 28 Dec 1917 - 10 Apr 1918
- Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM 11 Jan - 13 Apr 1917
- † Albert Victor Berry 26 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
- Leslie Hetherington 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
- † Henry Seddon 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
- Charles Blunt 3 Dec 1916 - 24 Jun 1917
- Victor Norman Chandler MM 1 Sep 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
- William Charles Woodland 15 Dec 1915 - 3 Sep 1916
- Ellis Shackleton 27 Dec 1917 - 10 Apr 1918
- Gordon Devereux MM 5 Jan - 30 Mar 1918
- † Herbert Charles Smith16 Nov 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
- Victor Emanuel Durling 18 Nov 1916 - 2 Jul 1917
- Daniel Adkins Lewis Dec 1916 - Jan 1917
- Ernest (Roy) William Sladden 3 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
- Charles Leonard Lockhart 11 Jan - 8 May 1917
- Stanley Thomas Marsh 28 Mar - 24 Jun 1917
- Harold Hopgood Surman 28 Mar -24 Jun 1917
- William Bertie Claude Moulden 26 Sep 1916 - 15 Jan 1917
- William Richard (Billy) Orr 28 Mar 1917 - 17 Feb 1918
- † Felix Edmund John Sainsbury 3 Dec 1916 - 9 Jun 1917
- Clarence Victor Watson 27 Jul - 7 Oct 1916
- Eugene Anthony Gillespie 4 Nov 1917 - 15 Jan 1918
14th Training Battalion
Formed at Larkhill on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916 and then Hundcott on 25 Oct 1918.
- Harry Douglas Butcher 21 Apr - 9 Jul 1918
15th Training Battalion
Formed at Larkhill on 8 Oct 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Fovant on 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 12 Apr 1918.
- Francis William Wakeham 1 Jul - 3 Sep 1917
Overseas Training Brigade
Unit Staff
- Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr) Dec 1916 - Sep 1917
- Arthur Thomas Orton MM ?? - 30 Nov 1918
- John Grant Watt MM & Bar 8 Jan - 29 Jun 1918
Trainees
- Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney 10 Aug - 30 Sep 1917
- Charles Fielder 12 Sep - 13 Oct 1917 & 30 Aug - 3 Oct 1918
- † Albert Victor Berry 10 - 27 Nov 1917
- Edward Patrick Barker 11 Jan - 26 Mar 1918 & 12 Jul - 8 Aug 1918
- Gordon Devereux MM 22 Sep 1917 - 4 Jan 1918
- Richard Evans MM 1 - 9 Jan 1918
- Albert John Egan MID 29 Jan - 28 Feb 1919
- † Thomas Hesketh 11 May - 4 Jun 1918
- John Henry Holroyd 23 May - 12 Aug 1917
- Daniel Adkins Lewis May - 25 Jul 1917 & 29 May - 18 Jun 1918
- Alfred Arthur Martin 29 Sep - 19 Oct 1917
- Frederick Edwin Murphy 5 - 26 Nov 1917
- John Arthur Patterson MM 5 Dec 1917 - 2 Jan 1918
- John Alexander Trotter 2 - 20 Jan 1918
- George Turner 17 - 28 Jan 1918
- Leslie James Godfrey 26 Jan - 3 Mar 1918
- Hector Lionel Saw 14 - 27 Mar 1918
- Alfred Arthur Martin 16 May - 4 Jun 1918
- William Percival Nairn 21 Jun - 11 Sep 1918
- Claude Francis Cooper 11 Jul - 28 Aug 1918
- Cecil James Clark 17 Oct - 21 Nov 1918
- Charles John Mitchell 24 Oct - 20 Nov 1918
- William Plant 28 Feb - 12 Sep 1918
Artillery Training Depot
Egypt
- Sydney Charles Welch 15 May 1916 - 14 Mar 1917
England
- George Turner 28 Jan - 28 Feb 1918
- Hector Lionel Saw 28 Mar - 10 Jul 1918
- John James Lynes Chester March - June 1918
- Frederick George Gibbs 10 Jun - 3 Oct 1918
Pioneer Training Battalion
Formed at Sutton Veny on 8 Nov 1917 and was active until after November 1918.
Unit Staff
- Pierre Wolfe Daimpre 26 Oct - 9 Nov 1917 (staff)
- John Aubrey Nunn MC 24 Oct - 16 Nov 1916
- John Aubrey Nunn MC 11 Mar 1917 - 4 Oct 1917
Trainees
- Alfred Ernest Andrews 27 Jul - 23 Nov 1916
- Clarence Henry Batt 27 Jul - 23 Nov 1916
- Ernest Albert Batt 27 Jul - 23 Nov 1916
- Michael Dennis O'Rourke 27 Jul - 23 Nov 1916
- Charles John Mitchell 4 Mar - 24 Aug 1917
- James Peter Henderson MM & Bar 31 May - 6 Sep 1917
- Dugald Thomas Main 27 Dec 1917 - 7 Apr 1918
- Reginald William Edwards 28 Dec 1917 - 16 Jan 1918
- Maurice Francis Gustavis Hare 17 Feb - 8 Jul 1918
- George Partington 11 Jan - 3 Dec 1917
- Francis William Wakeham 29 Dec 1916 - 1 Jul 1917
Machine Gun Training Depot
Grantham, Heytesbury
Unit Staff
- James Murray Whiteley 31 Dec 1917 - 2 Oct 1918
Trainees
- William Francis Clements 11 Jun 1916 - 28 Feb 1917
- William Percival Nairn 23 Apr -11 Sep 1918
- Jack Hayden Gibson 21 May - 6 Nov 1917
- Harry Hodgson 10 Oct 1918 - 20 Feb 1919
Engineers Training Depot
Brightlingsea with a Signals section at Shefford
- James Henry Larkin 8 Jun - 3 Dec 1916
- † Harold Ross 10 Sep 1916 - 28 Mar 1917
- Arthur Frederick William Eivers 5 Nov 1917 - 23 Apr 1918
29th Training Squadron Australian Flying Corps
- James Strachan 20 Jul 1918 - 13 May 1919
Army Service Corps (AASC) Training Depot
- Edward William Tink 18 Dec 1916 - 27 Jan 1917
- † Gordon Walter Bone 16 Jun - 10 Oct 1917
- Thomas Herbert Pierssene 21 Dec 1918 - 1 Feb 1919
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