Rowallan Company
The Rowallan Company was a British Army training course based at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) which existed from 1977 to 2002. Its gruelling 12-week programme was designed to improve leadership ability and toughen up borderline candidates from the Regular Commissions Board (RCB) in preparation for the 1-year Commissioning Course.[1] Rowallan cadets were given the pay and grade of a soldier recruit, not an officer cadet, and existed under a far harsher regime than the latter. Physical punishments and restriction of privileges were the norm, and training was largely based around field craft and adventurous training in adverse conditions and forbidding locations such as the Brecon Beacons. Despite a high dropout and failure rate of c50%, the course was successful in increasing the in-flow of candidates to RMAS, and many ex-Rowallan Cadets have gone on to have successful army careers and achieve high rank. Rather than being a black mark as a 'failed RCB candidate', ex-Rowallan cadets view it as something of a badge of honour to have survived this arduous training. Rowallan Company was disbanded in 2002.
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- ↑ Sandhurst : a tradition of leadership. Kent-Payne, Vaughan, 1958-, Pugsley, Christopher,, Holdsworth, Angela (Second ed.). London. 2017-08-10. ISBN 9781781258231 Search this book on
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