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."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
HMS Shrapnel
Commemorated ati
Waltham Forest College military trainees
This plaque commemorates the thousands of service men and women who trained i...
Other Subjects
Edward Harwood
Ship surgeon. Harwood Island off the coast of the Powell River, British Columbia, Canada, was named after him.
1 memorial
C. Osborne
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Battle of Waterloo
Just like a Hollywood movie that doesn't know when to end, Napoleon escaped from Elba, and returned for one last attempt at world domination. The memorial at the station refers to the "Allied armie...
7 memorials
Serjeant Edward James Brierley
Edward James Brierley was born 5 August 1888 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now Greater London), the eldest of the six children of Edward Brierley (1864-1944) and Emma Brierley née Clayton (1867-1945), ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. W. Holland
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial