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ARMY APPRENTICES

 

The very early days of Arborfield remembered.

 

 For convenience, articles relating to the very early history of Arborfield can be accessed from the following

 

Index.

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G.S.C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R.A.O.C.

 

R.A.S.C.

 

R.E.s

 

R.E.M.E.

 

R. Sigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Village

Blacksmith

 

Wait For The

Wagon

 

 

Wings.

 

Lilliburlero

 

Begone Dull Care.

 

 

Above are badges of the Corps under which the apprentices trained and transferred to. For music to browse by:

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1936 – 1940 Nominal Roll

Names of the first boys into the Arborfield A.T.S..

 

A Proud Career

AAS Recruiting Booklet of the 1940s

 

Arborfield Memories 1942 – 1946.

Arborfield remembered in the thoughts of a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service 1942 – 1946.

 

Army Technical Foundation College - History

From the opening to closure. 

 

Careers for Boys

1937 Pamphlet – “The Training of an Army Apprentice Tradesman in the Army”

 

Frank BENNETT

Frank recalls 1939

 

From Jersey to the Mainland

Ronald Stevens recalls the move from Jersey to the Mainland.

 

Ken BAULF

A very early Army Apprentice of 1934

 

George Bill HUMPHREY

!st May 1939 Intake No.1 Arborfield Army Technical School

 

Arthur Peter HUMPSTON

Jersey 1938 to Arborfield 1939.

 

Memorials

Some early Arborfielders remembered.

 

Douglas Dick MOSELEY

Jersey to Fareham to REME     .

 

Ian REA

Bramley to Arborfield to REME

 

Ordnance Insignia of the British Army

As worn by the early Army Apprentices

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R.A.O.C. Boys

The reorganisation of R.A.O.C. Boy Army Apprentices.

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Fred WELLS

R Sigs Catterick Apprentice to GSC Arborfield Apprentice.

 

Fred YOUNGMAN

1944 sees the dispersal of the ATS with the build up to D Day.

 

First Published: 15th November 2008.

Latest Update: 15th July 2011.