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Volunteer Training Corps (World War I)
The Volunteer Training Corps was a voluntary home defence militia in the United Kingdom during World War I.
==Early development==
After war had been declared in August 1914, there was a popular demand for a means of service for those men who were over military age or those with business or family commitments which made it difficult for them to volunteer for the armed services. At this stage in the war, Britain relied entirely on a voluntary system of enlistment and many men still held to the Victorian principle that it was the task of professional troops to fight a war whilst voluntary militias provided for home defence. Combined with the perceived risk of a German invasion, this resulted in the spontaneous formation of illegal "town guards" and volunteer defence associations around the country, often organised by former Regular Army or Volunteer Force officers. The government was suspicious of this movement, seeing it as potentially diverting men from volunteering for the armed services. The enthusiasm was, however, unstoppable; by September 1914, a central committee had been formed and on 19 November 1914, a renamed Central Association of Volunteer Training Corps was recognised by the War Office.〔(Ian Frederick William Beckett, ''A Nation in Arms: A Social Study of the British Army in the First World War'', Manchester University Press 1985, ISBN 0-7190-1737-8 (p.15) )〕 Lord Desborough became the President of the Association and General Sir O'Moore Creagh VC was appointed the Military Advisor.〔(Blake, J P (Editor), ''The Official Regulations for Volunteer Training Corps and for County Volunteer Organisations (England and Wales)'' The Central Association Volunteer Training Corps 1916 (p.10) )〕
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