Army Apprentices College
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The Army Apprentices College was a college system in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 that offered military training, education and common core skills, leadership and adventurous training, character development, trade training.

Name changes

On February 28, 1924 the Boy's Technical Schools were opened by the War Office
War Office
The War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence...

. 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.

See also

The Association of Harrogate Apprentices
Association of Harrogate Apprentices
-Introduction:The Association of Harrogate Apprentices, whose spiritual home is at Harrogate in England, exists to re-unite people in any way associated with the Army Apprentices School, Harrogate which was renamed the Army Apprentices College, Harrogate in 1965...

 which is an "Old Boys' Association" for former members of the Army Apprentices School
Army Apprentices School, Harrogate
The Army Apprentices School, Harrogate , established in 1947, was sited either side of Penny Pot Lane, outside Harrogate using Uniacke and Hildebrande Barracks...

(eventually College) at Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
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