page_title: Officers' Training Corps
section_title: Sheffield
hierarchical_section_title: Officers' Training Corps / History / Individual units / Sheffield
caption_attribution_description: English: The Somme Barracks on Glossop Road, Sheffield, England. This Grade II listed building was built in 1907 and is the headquarters of the University of Sheffield Officer Training Corps.
context_page_description: The Officers' Training Corps, more fully called the University Officers' Training Corps, are military leadership training units similar to a university club but operated by the British Army. Their focus is to develop the leadership abilities of their members whilst giving them an opportunity to take part in military life whilst at university. OTCs also organise non-military outdoor pursuits such as hill walking and mountaineering. UOTC units are not deployable units nor are their cadets classed as trained soldiers. The majority of members of the UOTC do not go on to serve in the regular or reserve forces.
context_section_description: In 1900 staff from the University of Sheffield raised a company, sanctioned by the War Office, which was known as G Company of the West Yorkshire Royal Engineers. In 1911, the Sheffield University contingent of the Officers' Training Corps was formally raised in response to the recommendations of the committee formed by Lord Haldane. Lieutenant William Allen, a former member of the contingent, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the Western Front during the First World War.
  From 1969 the UOTC began recruiting students from Sheffield Hallam University as well as Sheffield University. Sheffield UOTC is based at Somme Barracks in Sheffield. Since September 2011 it has formed part of the Yorkshire Officer Training Regiment.
caption: Somme Barracks, home of Sheffield UOTC
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