Army Apprentice National Memorial
The Home of all Army Apprentices
How it got started During recent years, a number of the Army Apprentice Associations have independently been considering the possibility of a memorial to the Army Apprentice Scheme. During 2008, the Beachley Old Boys’ Association started their own Memorial project,…
Poems – for reflection when you visit by our resident poet Tony Church (55A Arb), “TeeCee” to his friends 1. The Memorial on Dedication Day It stands in the shade of a green woodland glade, tranquil, restful, a place of reflection;…
Here’s a couple of items for all you ACC apprentices I’ve just seen on Ebay.. ARMY CATERING CORPS , APPRENTICE COLLEGE GOLDEN JUBILEE MEDAL http://www.ebay.co.uk/…/ARMY-CATERING-CORPS-A…/152681146898… ARMY CATERING CORPS , 1992 APPRENTICE CROSS COUNTRY MEDAL http://www.ebay.co.uk/…/ARMY-CATERING-CORPS-1…/152681142177… ARMY CATERING CORPS, ARMY APPRENTICES’…
So after 9 divs at Arborfield it’s 65A’s turn to throw our No Dress Caps in the air!! This is the video my dad took on December 14th 1976 at Arborfield. You’ll have to forgive the dreadful quality, it was…
National Memorial Arboretum (The Royal British Legion) Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR. Tel No: 01283 792333 Open: 9.00am to 5.00pm daily Access by Car The Arboretum is situated between Birmingham and Derby, just off the A38, at Alrewas, north of…
1959 In 1959 a small group of staff assembled at Hadrian’s Camp to open the new Apprentices’ School 1960 In January 1960, in conjunction with the arrival of Apprentices from Arborfield (REME) and Chepstow (RE) who arrived to set up…
Dedication day dawned breezy, cloudy, but dry, which was of great relief to the Trustees, as the previous few days had seen high winds and heavy rain; there had been a genuine anxiety that the celebration of two years of…
The Harrogate College was established in 1947 as “The Army Apprentices School” and in its early years trained Apprentices for the RA, RE and R Sigs. In 1961 training for the RA and RE was transferred elsewhere and since then…
The training of young soldier tradesmen in the Army presented the engineering and technical Corps of the British Army with a valuable source of manpower for many years. The system of centralised Technical Schools for boys started as far back…
Membership of the Association Membership of the Association of Harrogate Apprentices is open to ALL Ex Harrogate Apprentices and permanent staff, both military and civilian. A yearly subscription is paid to assist the running of the Association. As agreed at…