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#142 Cadet Corps

1920s

1920

 - ".....and by the autumn of 1920 over 150 boys had been enrolled in the Corps, bringing its strength from two to four platoons." [NAOP p.267] Sergeant Major Figg becomes the Chief Instructor until 1922.

1921 

- The cadet uniform is now evolving toward its final form. "In March 1921 the Corps was inspected by [Governor General] the Duke of Devonshire and Sir Henry Burstell, the Inspector-General of the cadet corps in the Dominion, who told the Headmaster that he was greatly impressed by the magnificent physique of the boys, their steadiness on parade and their whole turn-out." [NAOP p.267]

Capt Charles Kilmer, DSONovember 30th - "On St. Andrew's Day, 1921, the Governor General Lord Byng of Vimy came to unveil a memorial tablet given by Mrs. George H. Kilmer, whose son, Captain Charles Kilmer, had had to have his leg amputated as a result of his war wounds. After inspecting the Cadet Corps, Lord Byng went to the assembly hall where there was a short service......Dr. Macdonald spoke of the war services rendered by Andreans... Once again it was Percy Robinson who read the roll of the dead. Lord Byng then unveiled the tablet, which was later to be removed to Aurora, To the glory of God and in honoured memory of the ninety-nine Andreans whose names appear thereon, I now unveil this tablet presented to St. Andrew's College as a mother's thank-offering......" The highland lament, The Flowers of the Forest, was played on the pipes by Cadet Lieutenant Dayment and Sergeant Hunter. Again solemn ritual was brought to a close by the Last Post....The first man, Macdonald proudly stated, who led a daylight raid in No Man's Land was a St. Andrew's Old Boy. He was Captain Kilmer. The first company that crossed the Rhine after the Armistice was commanded by a St. Andrew's boy. A the first gas attack at Ypres a St. Andrew's boy was in charge of the Winnipeg Rifles Company that held the exposed flank till help came up and so saved Calais and the Channel ports. [NAOP pp.119-120]

1926 

- Sergeant Major F. Millican becomes Chief Instructor serving until 1931. "In the spring of 1926 the Corps came up by train for their first visit to the site of the new school at Aurora, forming up at the C.N.R. station and marching to the new grounds. A miniature rifle range had been fitted up at the gymnasium." [NAOP p.267]