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Hace 4 días · The Royal Military Academy, Woolwich was set up in 1741, after a false start in 1720 because of a lack of funds, as the earliest military academy in Britain. Its original purpose was to train cadets entering the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers.
Hace 2 días · Between 1881 and 1882 Wilson made several unsuccessful attempts to get into the British Army officer-training establishments: two to enter the Royal Military Academy (Woolwich) and three for the Royal Military College. The entrance examinations to both relied heavily on rote learning.
- 1882–1922
- British Army
Hace 3 días · Until 1939 potential officers for the British army were trained at either the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (founded 1741), offering training in artillery, engineering, and communications, or the Royal Military College at Sandhurst (founded 1802), offering cavalry and infantry training.
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Hace 4 días · He was educated at Fullands School in Taunton, Taunton School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1843, Gordon was devastated when his favourite sibling, his sister Emily, died of tuberculosis, writing years later, "humanly speaking it changed my life, it was never the same since".
11 de may. de 2024 · William Hume-Rothery was a British founder of scientific metallurgy, internationally known for his work on the formation of alloys and intermetallic compounds. Originally planning on a military career, Hume-Rothery entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, but when an illness left him.
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9 de may. de 2024 · After school at Rugby and two years at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, Donald Hankey was commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery as a second lieutenant and after various home postings was sent to Mauritius in November 1904, where he stayed until ill-health forced his return two years later.
16 de may. de 2024 · Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Goldie served briefly (1865–67) in the Royal Engineers. After travelling for several years in Egypt and the Sudan, he formed the Central African Trading Company in 1876 and first visited West Africa the following year.
