Group    From 1942 

HMS Shrapnel

Categories: Armed Forces, Education

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From Exploring East London: "During World War II the college was used by the armed forces for providing technical training for personnel; first by the RAF in 1940, then by the army in 1941 and then by the navy in 1942, at which time it was reclassified as a ship and called HMS Shrapnel."

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HMS Shrapnel

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Waltham Forest College military trainees

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Voluntary Aid Detachments

Voluntary Aid Detachments

London unit which served in WW1.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
A. S. Johnson

A. S. Johnson

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Private Edward Charles Adams

Private Edward Charles Adams

Edward Charles Adams was born on 23 July 1898 in Marylebone, the eldest of the three children of Charles Stone Adams (1867-1927) and Emma Susanna Adams née Kirby (b.1866). His birth was registered ...

Person, Armed Forces, Israel/Palestine

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
F. C. Backhouse

F. C. Backhouse

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial