Cadets entering the battalions were either from the ranks with experience or from the various Officer Training Corps units around the UK.
Cadet George MacKay had been with the Inns of Court OTC before joining with No 7 Officer Training Battalion based at Moore Park, Fermoy, Co Cork (though MacKay looks to have been at the Curragh for his training).
Problems appear to have arisen early on with Fermoy being declared out of bounds for a while, with a question being raised at Westminster.
Some links re soldiers identified as No 7 OTB and the unit in general collected so far :
Lt Michael O'Donnell
Lt R A Whittle
2nd Lt Charles Cooney
Frank Laird
2nd Lt James Kennedy
2nd Lt H M Hughes
2nd Lt James Furniss
2nd Lt A K Chesterton (Journalist, later worked with Oswald Mosley and British Union of Fascists)
2nd Lt Philip Ward
Cadets from the unit appear to have been involved in the arrest of Thomas Kent and the shooting of his brothers after the Easter Rising :
Arrest of Kent Family, Co Cork
A magazine called The White Band or The Whitest Band (a reference to the band generally on the Cadets hat) appears to have been produced and is referenced on the IWM site but lacking detail.
Edited 2nd May 2021 to remove dead links and update changed links. Added link for Whittle, King, Ward and Newton.
2nd Lt Charles Cooney
Frank Laird
2nd Lt James Kennedy
2nd Lt H M Hughes
2nd Lt James Furniss
2nd Lt A K Chesterton (Journalist, later worked with Oswald Mosley and British Union of Fascists)
2nd Lt Philip Ward
Cadets from the unit appear to have been involved in the arrest of Thomas Kent and the shooting of his brothers after the Easter Rising :
Arrest of Kent Family, Co Cork
A magazine called The White Band or The Whitest Band (a reference to the band generally on the Cadets hat) appears to have been produced and is referenced on the IWM site but lacking detail.
Edited 2nd May 2021 to remove dead links and update changed links. Added link for Whittle, King, Ward and Newton.
I thought that you might be interested to know that Charles Anthony Lewis (died 17.12.1918) was at this Training unit in the first few months of 1917 according to his war record.
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