Call to Arms: Officer Cadet Training at Eaton Hall 1943-1958 Book

CALL TO ARMS - Officer Cadet Training at Eaton Hall 1943 - 1958 - This book has been written and compiled by two Old Eatonian officer cadets, Keith Taylor and Brian Stewart. It has even been printed by an OE, Ronnie Adam, in Scotland! ---------------------------------------------------- The major part of the book consists of over 100 diverse, often amusing, personal accounts and reminiscences of cadets experience at Eaton Hall OCS with reflections on the influence that this has had on their subsequent lives. ------------------------------------------------------ This hardback book is in three parts and is beautifully produced with a number of carefully selected photographs. It includes a foreword by the Duke of Westminster, a chapter on the Grosvenor military history, Eaton Hall as a hospital in WWII and the bombing of the Hall, the occupation by BRNC Dartmouth from 1943-46 and an epilogue by the Rt. Revd. John Kirkham, himself an OE, in the form of the texts of his moving and memorable addresses in the chapel at Eaton on 7th May 1993 and 19th May 2006. It includes copies of documents and a comprehensive list of further reading about British Army National Service.Read More