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
This plaque commemorates the thousands of service men and women who trained i...
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Sapper Frederick Leslie Hall
Frederick Leslie Hall was born on 30 September 1909 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, the youngest of the five children of Joseph Hall (1868-1920) and Caroline Bresson Hall née Goodwin (1870-1961)....
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Archery practice
From the Norman period, at least, until the introduction of firearms in the 16th century, some version of the longbow was the long-distance weapon of choice. The last recorded use in England seems...
4 memorials
1 memorial
G. T. Bishop
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
S. E. Bewsey
Q.R. West Surreys. Fought but did not die in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Private Stanley Edward Bewsey was born on 29 July 1898 in Lambeth. He was one of at least seven ch...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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Holy Trinity
EC3, Mitre Square
This square occupies that space that was used by the cloisters of the priory. The south corner of the square is where in 1888 the body of...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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