Boy Entrants 39th to 49th Entries
BE Training Schools
Cosford No.2 School of Technical Training
Compton Bassett No.3 Signals School
Hereford No.3 School of Technical Training
Kirkham No.10 School of Technical Training
Locking No.1 Radio School
St Athan No.4 School of Technical Training
Yatesbury No.2 Electrical and Wireless School
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Compton Bassett No.3 Signals School
Hereford No.3 School of Technical Training
Kirkham No.10 School of Technical Training
Locking No.1 Radio School
St Athan No.4 School of Technical Training
Yatesbury No.2 Electrical and Wireless School
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I was 1948064V (47th Entry) Leading Boy Entrant at 3 OR 4 S OF TT RAF Hereford from Sep'62 - Mar '64. Clerk GD 'E' Flt 2 sqn.
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Thanks for your post. It would be 3 SofTT at Hereford. I note that your letter "V" is at the end of your number not at the beginning. Were you commissioned later in service?
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Last boy entrants at Compton Bassett, Yatesbury or Kirkham
Can anyone provide the entry number and dates of the last boy entrants to pass out of Compton Bassett, Yatesbury and Kirkham?
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Don. (43rd entry 4 S of TT St. Athan).
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Don. (43rd entry 4 S of TT St. Athan).
As I understand it;
Yatesbury - The 15th were the last entry to pass-out from Yatesbury. The 16th, 17th 18, 19th enlisted at Yatesbury but passed out from Cosford.
Compton Bassett - The 15th were the last to pass out from CB.
Kirkham - Not sure. The 8th enlisted at Kirkham but I believe they passed out from Cosford.
I think the pass-out dates were;
8th - Jul 51
9th - Dec 51
10th - Mar 52
11th - Jul 52
12th - Jul 52
13th - Dec 52
14th - Mar 53
15th - Jul 53
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Yatesbury - The 15th were the last entry to pass-out from Yatesbury. The 16th, 17th 18, 19th enlisted at Yatesbury but passed out from Cosford.
Compton Bassett - The 15th were the last to pass out from CB.
Kirkham - Not sure. The 8th enlisted at Kirkham but I believe they passed out from Cosford.
I think the pass-out dates were;
8th - Jul 51
9th - Dec 51
10th - Mar 52
11th - Jul 52
12th - Jul 52
13th - Dec 52
14th - Mar 53
15th - Jul 53
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Don,
After further research I think the 8th enlisted at Kirkham but passed out at Cosford.
The 15th enlisted and passed out at Cosford.
What happened in between I do not yet know.
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After further research I think the 8th enlisted at Kirkham but passed out at Cosford.
The 15th enlisted and passed out at Cosford.
What happened in between I do not yet know.
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Hi DonExair, Yes I was Commissioned and the letter changed to the back of the number. However, the letter was at the beginning of the number for some time probably because of being NCA. I had no letter leaving Hereford...
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I think that the letters were not allocated until May '64 but most of us it seems were not given them until much later.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Don.
I seem to recall that the letters were added to bring all airmen's numbers up to 8 characters as part of the introduction of computer records. Mine, being an ex-app was only 6 characters and had A0 added to the beginning. On commissioning, the "A" moved to the tail and I lost the "0".
Prior to his going to Cosford to join 44th ARM, I distinctly remember my brother going to Cardington for about 3 days presumably for some sort of selection tests?
Myself, my father and my sister went with him on the train to Bedford where there was a nissen hut in the station car park as a reception point.
Myself, my father and my sister went with him on the train to Bedford where there was a nissen hut in the station car park as a reception point.
Sorry about an ex-App bursting in, but there was another 007 Bond. He was 688007 A/A Bond in the 100th. entry at Halton. I don't think I could have lived with that for 22 years.
Cardington was used for interviews and selection, when I went, I wanted to be an Engine Fitter but I had my mind changed for me, based on my entrance exam results, and I went to Locking as Air Radar.
Cardington was used for interviews and selection, when I went, I wanted to be an Engine Fitter but I had my mind changed for me, based on my entrance exam results, and I went to Locking as Air Radar.
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Great. It shows my understanding of the numbering "system?!" is improving - slowly but only in part (1948... does not equal 49th Entry but 47th - at least at Hereford?)
Other than, over the years they both incremented!
I seem to recall that the letters were added to bring all airmen's numbers up to 8 characters as part of the introduction of computer records.
If a service number was incorrectly entered into a computer, it would produce a different check character. When compared to the original check character it would indicate an error.
The system was not 100% fool proof, but pretty close.
The extra digit may well have been added to former apps numbers to create a constant field length. It makes sense.
I was demobbed Feb 65 so never had the alpha character added, but I did then enter the world of computers and quickly learn't what a check digit was.
By the way, most check digits are numeric, as in you bank account number. In civil life I never came across a check system that used alpha characters.
As for guys called Bond getting the last 3 of 007, there appears to have been several cases of clerks making the unsuspecting guy wait until the stamp getting to 006 and saying, 'Right its your turn now!'