Building    From 1741  To 1939

Royal Military Academy

Categories: Armed Forces, Education

Founded as an academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Originally located in a converted workshop of the Royal Arsenal and so popularly known as 'The Shop'. In 1796 a new building at Woolwich Common (pictured) was designed by James Wyatt and occupied until 1939 when the Academy moved to Sandhurst. The pictured building has been converted into apartments.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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