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
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Waltham Forest College military trainees
This plaque commemorates the thousands of service men and women who trained i...
Other Subjects
G. H. Lovelock
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Rifleman Claude Robert Harry Bartram
Claude Robert Harry Bartram was born on the 27 June 1893 the son of John Abraham Bartram (1856-1925) and his second wife Emily Catherine Bartram née Hunger (b.1857). His birth was registered in the...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Royal Engineers
A corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces. Known as 'sappers' apparently from the French 'sappe' meaning 'spadework' or '...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Trooper Thomas Russell Bowman
Thomas Russell Bowman was born in 1893 in Wainara, Canterbury, New Zealand, the second of the three children of Thomas Bowman (1864-1895) and Annie Bowman née Carson (c.1870-1952). His two siblings...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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