The Reunion Dinner will take place on the 23rd September 2017 at the Hallmark Hotel, Carlisle, which will be the 67 Intakes 50th anniversary. Numbers are currently down on previous years and there are places available, therefore if you have…
Arborfield Old Boys’ Reunion
This weekend – 15-17th July 2017 55th Annual Reunion of the Arborfield Old Boy’s Association. This year we will be honouring those lads from intake year 1967 as it will be their 50th …. Loads of lads tip up, some…
Carlisle
Carlisle (Hadrian) 1960 Opened as the Army Apprentices School with AAS badge 1966 Name changed to Army Apprentices College and rebadged to REME who took control of it from the War Office. 1969 Closure of College
Harrogate
Harrogate 1947 Opened as the Army Apprentices School with AAS badge. 1961 Royal Signals trades only 1966 Name changed to Army Apprentices College and rebadged to Royal Signals who took control of it from the War Office. 1971 Granted Freedom…
Arborfield
Arborfield 1939 – May Opened as the second Army Technical School (Boys) with boys transferring from Hilsea, Jersey, Bramley, Didcot and Chepstow, also from Catterick in 1943. Badged RAOC followed by GSC. Those destined for REME were rebadged after its formation…
Chepstow
Chepstow (Beachley) 1924 Opened as the Boys’ Technical School with boys joining from the Central Training School, Aldershot. 1929 Name changed to Army Technical School (Boys) 1947 Name change to Army Apprentices School and new AAS badge adopted. 1966 -June…
Apprentice History
A potted history of the Army Apprentice Scheme 1900 Up to 1923, trade apprentices (boys) were taught within Corps establishments, usually within the AOC/RAOC Ordnance College at Woolwich. Trades taught there were armourer, wheelwright, painter, leather-worker, plasterer, blacksmith and the…
Reunion 2017
The seventh annual reunion weekend of the Army Apprentice National Memorial Trust took place over the weekend of the 6th & 7th of May 2017, to which all ex -apprentices and their wives had been invited. The weekends events started…
Reunion 2015
Annual May Weekend events this year were a great success The AGM at the NMA on the 9th May went smoothly. Both Patrons were in attendance. A full report will follow shortly. The Evening Dinner held at the Menzies Hotel…
Reunion 2014
The Army Apprentice National Memorial Service, held on Sunday 11th May 2014, marks the first annual event for the AANM Charity at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs The Service was also marked as a special occasion for the Association…