Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham

[Adi1962]

Hi

Does anyone know the history of this place.

I have a family of Surgeons that originally come from Shrivenham, so thought likely if was in existance in the late 1700's they may have had a connection.


Thanks
Adrian

[Richard Knott]

The college moved there quite recently, so there won't be any connection I'm afraid. (My father worked there twice and I don't remember any old buildings, although the general did live in a very nice old house in the village of Shrivenham (the camp being on the edge)).
http://www.dcmt.cranfield.ac.uk/rmcsshrivenham/
Richard

[Adi1962]

Thanks Richard

I did note from the web site they had been going sine 1776, but it was not clear if there had been a facility there since then or not.

Adrian

[newburychap]

I don't really see a connection between a surgeon and the army unless he was in the service himself. RMC Shrivenham was an army training school until they got all fancy and it became a college of the University of Cranfield (former RAF school). I would guess it was founded well into the C20th.

The link back to 1772 is probably to some artillery school at Woolwich or somesuch.

[behindthefrogs]

Beckett Hall at Shrivenham the basis of the the college was acquired by the War Office in 1938 for use as an artillery trainig school.  During WW2 it was a cadet training school and was established as an officer training college in 1948.