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
The Royal Hospital Chelsea
A retirement and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age. They are popularly known as ‘Chelsea Pensioners’. Founded by King Charles II in 1682 and...
6 memorials
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Stanley John Herbert Muzzell
Stanley John Herbert Muzzell was born on 19 February 1891 at 12 Manor Place, Paddington, London, the third of the nine children of Thomas William Muzzell (1859-1919) and Mary Ann Sophia Muzzell née...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. C. Bowman
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Philip Neame, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 19 December 1914, age 26, while serving in the Corps of Royal Engineers. "Leaving his Sappers to finish their task he went to the aid of a West Yorkshire bombing s...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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