List of Officer Cadet Training Units

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Officer Cadet Training Unit or OCTU may refer to one of a number of former military establishments for training future commissioned officers of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force.

British Army

  • 102 (Westminster Dragoons) Officer Cadet Training Unit (TA), was at Westminster
  • 133 (AA) Officer Cadet Training Unit was at Shrivenham during the Second World War and trained cadets in Anti-Aircraft work
  • 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.
  • Eaton Hall Officer Cadet Training Unit was at Eaton Hall, Cheshire; in 1960, it was also merged into the Mons Officer Cadet School.
  • 162 Officer Cadet Training Unit was formed in 1939 from the Infantry Battalion of the Honourable Artillery Company; it was at Lanark, Scotland, in 1942, and later became part of the York OCTU (previously No. 103)
  • 163 Officer Cadet Training Unit was formed during the Second World War from the Artists Rifles

British Indian Army

  • An Officer Cadet Training Unit was at Bangalore.

Royal Air Force