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Encyclopedia > Royal Army Educational Corps

The Royal Army Educational Corps (RAEC) is tasked with educating and instructing British Army personnel in a diverse range of skills, the RAEC is now part of the Adjutant General's Corps. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Adjutant Generals Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services. ...


History

2 July 1845 The Corps of Army Schoolmasters was formed, staffed by Warrant Officers and senior NCOs is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


1848 Army Schoolmistresses formed where required in support of the corps Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...


15 June 1920 Army Educational Corps staffed by commissioned and non-commissioned personnel is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...


1928 Queen's Army Schoolmistresses formed Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


28 November 1946 Renamed Royal Army Educational Corps is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


1962 Staffed exclusively by commissioned officers Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


6 April 1992 Educational and Training Services Branch, Adjutant General's Corps is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...


Sites

From 1944 to 1992 the RAEC was headquartered at Eltham Palace. Subsequently they were based at Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire. Eltham Palace Eltham Palace is a large house in Eltham, London, United Kingdom (Map Ref: TQ424740 , ), currently owned by English Heritage and open to the public. ... Upavon is a village in Wiltshire, England. ... , Pewsey is a large village (often considered a small town) in Wiltshire with a population of 3,237 people[1] located approximately 80 miles (130 km) west of London. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...


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The position of Education was further formalised by the Council for Military Education in 1857.
In these times RAEC officers were employed for their linguistic abilities; one such Officer Major Malcolm Meerendonk, translated Gurkhali into roman script and compiled a new and greatly enlarged dictionary.
The education of soldiers and, indeed, Army Education was radically changed in 1971.
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The earliest record of Army education, however, goes back to 1762 when the first Regimental School was established at Fort William in Calcutta as a welfare measure to provide education to the European soldiers and their families.
In harmony with this, the War Office, the Army Headquarters, India, sanctioned in 1920 the raising of an Indian Army Educational Corps (IAEC) and the establishment of the Army School of Education for Indians at Belgaum in Mysore with the British Wing at Wellington in the Nilgiris.
The Corps was renamed as the Army Educational Corps on January 26, 1950 by a Presidential decree.
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