From : "During World War II the college was used by the armed forces for providing technical training for personnel; first by the RAF in 1940, then by the army in 1941 and then by the navy in 1942, at which time it was reclassified as a ship and called HMS Shrapnel."
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HMS Shrapnel
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Waltham Forest College military trainees
This plaque commemorates the thousands of service men and women who trained i...
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Douglas Booth
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