Army Apprentices College

Army Apprentices College

The Army Apprentices College was a college system in the United Kingdom that offered military training, education and common core skills, leadership and adventurous training, character development, trade training.cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/atra/aac/index.htm|title=Army Apprentices College]

Name changes

On February 28 1924 the Boy's Technical Schools were opened by the War Office.cite web|url=http://www.homestead.com/armyapprenticescollege/History.html|title=Army Apprentices College, Chepstow - History] Five years later in 1929 these schools were renamed "Army Technical Schools (Boys)." In 1947 they changed their names to being the "Army Apprentices Schools." The schools were finally renamed as the "Army Apprentices Colleges" in 1966.

ee also

The Association of Harrogate Apprentices which is an "Old Boys' Association" for former members of the Army Apprentices School (eventually College) at Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

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