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...
Other Subjects
Royal Marines who have served their country by land and sea
This particular dedication does not actually specify that the commemorated are only those who lost their lives.
1 memorial
Gunner William Robert Papworth
Born Holborn, son of Walter E. & Flora Papworth of Hackney. Brother of Margaret Papworth. Served in the Royal Artillery I Mountain Regiment. Buried in Sittard War Cemetery Holland. Our colleag...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Heneage Drummond, VC
A lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. On 9/10th May 1918 at Ostend, Belgium, he volunteered for rescue work and was following HMS Vindictive to the harbour when a shell burst on board ...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
F. E. Fitchett
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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Mary Wollstonecraft, statue for
N16, Newington Green
The quotation is from Wollstonecraft's 1792 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women' where she reports Rousseau's comment: ""Educate women ...
1 subject commemorated,
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