Harrogate 1947 Opened as the Army Apprentices School with AAS badge. 1961 Royal Signals trades only 1966 Name changed to Army Apprentices College and rebadged to Royal Signals who took control of it from the War Office. 1971 Granted Freedom…
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Arborfield
Arborfield 1939 – May Opened as the second Army Technical School (Boys) with boys transferring from Hilsea, Jersey, Bramley, Didcot and Chepstow, also from Catterick in 1943. Badged RAOC followed by GSC. Those destined for REME were rebadged after its formation…
Chepstow
Chepstow (Beachley) 1924 Opened as the Boys’ Technical School with boys joining from the Central Training School, Aldershot. 1929 Name changed to Army Technical School (Boys) 1947 Name change to Army Apprentices School and new AAS badge adopted. 1966 -June…
Apprentice History
A potted history of the Army Apprentice Scheme 1900 Up to 1923, trade apprentices (boys) were taught within Corps establishments, usually within the AOC/RAOC Ordnance College at Woolwich. Trades taught there were armourer, wheelwright, painter, leather-worker, plasterer, blacksmith and the…