Woolwich Royal Military Academy

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Group.png Woolwich Royal Military Academy  
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SuccessorSandhurst.jpg Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Formation1741
Extinction1939
HeadquartersLondon
British academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers 1741-1939.

The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Signals and other technical corps. RMA Woolwich was commonly known as "The Shop" because its first building was a converted workshop of the Woolwich Arsenal.[1]

The Royal Military Academy Woolwich closed in 1939 and in 1947 the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst was formed on the site of the former Royal Military College with the objective of providing officer training for all arms and services.[2]


 

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