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1 giorno fa · 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 .
2 giorni fa · 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.
- 1882–1922
- British Army
3 giorni fa · He was educated at Cheltenham College and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich where he graduated 56th out of 70 cadets.[2] Military service[edit] First World War[edit] Gubbins was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1914.
2 giorni fa · Brigadier Edward Thomas Arthur George Boylan (1894-1959), Commander Royal Artillery, 59th Infantry Division; Major-General Anthony Hugh Boyle CB (1941—2011), Signal-Officer-in-Chief; Major-General John Boyne, Director-General, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; General Sir Henry Brackenbury (1837—1914), Colonel Commandant, Royal ...
3 giorni fa · British army, military force charged with the defense of the United Kingdom and the fulfillment of its international defense commitments. England’s first standing army was formed by Oliver Cromwell in 1645. The English Bill of Rights (1689) gave Parliament the control of the army that it maintains today.
5 giorni fa · Although initially studying for the legal profession, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1856. He saw active service during the Indian Mutiny, but after that he settled down into a series of administrative and teaching appointments within the Royal Artillery and as Professor of Military History at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich.
5 giorni fa · British field marshal and statesman. Trained at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1868–70), he had a brief period of service in the French army before being commissioned (1871) in the Royal Engineers.
