Place    From 1947  To 1997

Joint Service Defence College

Categories: Armed Forces, Education

A training academy for British military personnel. It was established as the Combined Staff College in Latimer, Buckinghamshire. Renamed the National Defence College in 1971. Moved to Greenwich in 1983 when it took on its final name. Amalgamated into the new Joint Services and Command College.

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Joint Service Defence College - 40th anniversary

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