Army Apprentices College
The Army Apprentices College was a college system in the United Kingdom that offered military training, education and common core skills, leadership and adventurous training, character development, trade training.[1]
Name changes
On February 28, 1924 a Boys' Technical School was opened by the War Office.[2] Five years later in 1929 it was renamed Army Technical School (Boys).[2] Several more such schools were opened in the 1930s; in 1947 they changed their names to being the Army Apprentices Schools.[2] The schools were finally renamed as the Army Apprentices Colleges in 1966[2] (though Arborfield's Army Apprentices College was known as Princess Marina College between 1981 and 1995).[3]
List of schools/colleges
The following locations are listed on the Army Apprentice National Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum[4] (dates are indicated where known):[5]
- Aldershot
- Arborfield (1939-2004)
- Ashvale
- Bramley (1936-1939)
- Carlisle (1960-1969)
- Catterick
- Chatham (1939-?)
- Chepstow (1924-1994)
- Church Crookham
- Deepcut
- Harrogate (1947-1996)
- Hilsea (1936-?)
- Jersey (1938-1940)
- Taunton (1947-1949)
- Woolwich
- Worthy Down
See also
- The Association of Harrogate Apprentices which is an "Old Boys' Association" for former members of the Army Apprentices School (eventually College) at Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
- Beachley Barracks
References
- ↑ "Army Apprentices College".
- 1 2 3 4 "Army Apprentices College, Chepstow - History".
- ↑ "AAS history". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "The Army Apprentice". Army Apprentice Memorial. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Apprentice history". Army Apprentice Memorial. Retrieved 16 September 2016.