HARDENING COURSE
OFFICERS TRAINING IN ENGLAND | Rugby, Sept. 8. ! In steel helmets and battle-dress, and j with rifles slung round their necks, a j j dozen officers in the Midlands swam , , 60 yards during an intensive harden- j | ing-up course which they are now un- , j dergoing. A physical training officer I showed them how to swim with rifle j | and boots slung and how experienced j and strong swimmers can help along j colleagues who are not so experienced, j The hardening course is officially for ; f officers under 40, but several over that ; j age have taken part. The course in- j | eludes route marches in respirators, ; rope-climbing in full equipment, bomb- ' ; throwing, complicated obstacle-racing, ; • tug-of-war, and unarmed combat, apart I | from normal daily physical training.— i 8.0. W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 10 September 1941, Page 6
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