RIGOROUS TRAINING
BRITISH “CORPS ELITE” LONDON, March 23. A new “corps elite” is being formed of officers and men from the whole British Army. Members are subject to the most rigorous training, which includes swimming with full kit and witn tommy-guns over their heads, also scaling cliffs, and learning in-lighting. Recently a corps detachment marched 07 miles in 24 hours. No deatails of the purpose of the corps have been given.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20526, 9 April 1941, Page 11
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71RIGOROUS TRAINING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20526, 9 April 1941, Page 11
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