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
Driver Pickering
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man (and points out that our source for the list o...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Private Frank David Chubb
Frank David Chubb was born on 30 August 1882 in Willesden, Middlesex (now Greater London), the son of George Edward Hurrell Chubb (1851-1941) and Elizabeth Chubb née Staddon (1851-1942). His birth ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
F. E. J. Hart
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
F. Ring
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Admiral, Sir John Colpoys, GCB
Naval officer. While attempting to control the 1797 Spithead mutiny, Colpoys ordered the shooting of his own crew thus causing the death of several men (we can't find an exact number). Not surpri...
1 memorial