Royal Honour for Famous School

Royal Honour for Famous School


In the grounds of Windsor Castle, George V presents new colours to the Eton College Officers' Training Corps.

One in five Old Etonians who served in WWI lost their lives: many of the young men seen here accepting new colours from King George V in the grounds of Windsor Castle would have lost fathers or older brothers. The cadets were members of the Eton College Officers' Training Corps and many would go on to serve in WWII.

George V and Queen Mary present new colours to Eton Officers' Training Corps in a ceremony at Windsor Castle. The occasion took place on the 16th June 1930.


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