List of Officer Cadet Training Units

This is a list of Officer Cadet Training Units, or OCTUs, which were military establishments for training future commissioned officers of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force.

British Army

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  • 102 (Westminster Dragoons) Officer Cadet Training Unit (TA), was at Westminster
  • 122 Officer Cadet Training Unit RA trained Royal Artillery officers at Larkhill,Wiltshire.
  • 123 Officer Cadet Training Unit was at Catterick Garrison, Yorkshire
  • 133 (AA) Officer Cadet Training Unit was at Shrivenham during the Second World War and trained cadets in Anti-Aircraft work
  • 148 Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit Training Establishment was created in 1942 at Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire, to standardize the first stage of cadet training; cadets went there for initial training and then proceeded to a specialist OCTU.
  • 161 Infantry Officer Cadet Training Unit (RMC), established in 1939, later became the Mons Officer Cadet Training Unit (Aldershot), which in 1960 was merged into the Mons Officer Cadet School.
  • 163 Officer Cadet Training Unit was formed during the Second World War from the Artists Rifles
  • 168 Officer Cadet Training Unit was at Aldershot
  • The Eaton Hall Officer Cadet Training Unit was at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, from 1946 until 1960, when it was also merged into the Mons Officer Cadet School.

British Indian Army

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  • An Officer Cadet Training Unit was at Bangalore.

Royal Air Force

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References

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  1. ^ Doherty, Richard (27 March 2007). The British Reconnaissance Corps in World War II. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-1846031229. Retrieved 17 May 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "History of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2014.