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The Old Boys Associations of the former Arborfield<\/a>, Carlisle, Chepstow<\/a> and Harrogate<\/a> schools have joined together to plan, design and build a new memorial to all Army Apprentices who were trained as soldier-tradesmen and who served worldwide in peace and war.<\/p>\n

It will be dedicated in special ceremony to be held at the National Memorial Arboretum on 7 September 2011.<\/p>\n

The memorial, which incorporates the motto \u2018Remember with Pride\u2019, is engraved with the Army Apprentice school badge and HM The Queen\u2019s crown.<\/p>\n

Square bashing – an introduction to the Army<\/h2>\n

Before the Second World War apprentices had been trained in many locations\u00a0throughout England.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>
New national memorial to The Army Apprentice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The aim of the Army apprentices Schools was to train the\u00a0future technician Warrant Officers and Officers of the Army.<\/p>\n

To become an Army Apprentice one had to pass the aptitude and intelligence\u00a0tests in the Army Recruiting Office.<\/p>\n

There were four other Apprentice Schools,\u00a0Aldershot, which taught Chefs, Arborfield<\/a>, near Reading which taught vehicle\u00a0mechanics, armourers, gun fitters, radar technicians, electronic\u00a0technicians, aircraft technicians, Chepstow, which taught plant fitters,\u00a0survey technicians, marine engineers and other Royal Engineers trades and\u00a0Harrogate which taught radio technicians, and communications specialists.<\/p>\n

Carlisle Apprentice school<\/h2>\n

Situated close to the M6 and to the east of the city was Hadrian’s Camp, the home to the Carlisle Apprentice School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parts of the camp, such as the drill sheds and internal roads\u00a0are still visible, although nature has reclaimed much of it.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0accommodation for up to 1,000 Army Apprentices was in wooden huts known as\u00a0Spiders. These Spiders were grouped in 6s’ around a central ablutions, or wash block.<\/p>\n

Each hut housed 16-18 boys so each spider complex would hold around 100\u00a0boys.<\/p>\n

Hadrian’s Camp itself was originally built long before the Second\u00a0World War. It opened as an Army Apprentices School in 1960 with the first\u00a0Apprentices transferring from the older Apprentice Schools in Arborfield\u00a0(near Reading) and Chepstow.<\/p>\n

Originally the camp took boys aged 15 or 16 mostly from the Midlands, North\u00a0of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and they spent 3 years there\u00a0learning to be fully qualified soldiers and tradesmen.<\/p>\n

The trades taught included vehicle mechanics, armourers, gun fitters and instrument\u00a0technicians.<\/p>\n

Upon completion of the three year training, the apprentices were\u00a0posted to regular army units as fully qualified REME craftsmen with some vehicle\u00a0mechanics going to the Royal engineers.<\/p>\n

Training<\/h2>\n

The first 6 weeks training consisted\u00a0mainly of drill, square bashing and associated military training\u00a0culminating in a Passing Out Parade, where proud parents came to watch\u00a0their sons turned into smart young soldiers.<\/p>\n

The rest of the first year of\u00a0training comprised of education, particularly English, maths, physics,\u00a0technical drawing and basic bench fitting.<\/p>\n

Bench fitting was carried out in\u00a0well equipped workshops and consisted of learning to use hand tools, files,\u00a0saws, micrometers, vernier gauges, etc. as well as power tools such as\u00a0lathes, pillar drills, milling machines, all the skills that a tool-maker\u00a0would use in industry.<\/p>\n

\"Army<\/a>
Army Apprentice memorial artists impression<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the end of the first year there were both\u00a0educational exams for the Army Certificate of Education and GCE O levels as\u00a0well as a practical test of bench fitting skills.<\/p>\n

Once these hurdles were\u00a0successfully overcome, apprentices could then begin 2 years of concentrated\u00a0study of their particular trades.<\/p>\n

Throughout the three years there was also\u00a0regular PE, sports and military training.<\/p>\n

In addition, Hadrian’s Camp had an\u00a0Anglican church, Roman Catholic church, and an Other Denominations church\u00a0(mainly Church of Scotland) and all apprentices had to attend church every\u00a0Sunday.<\/p>\n

The camp had its own cinema, NAAFI canteen, NAAFI beer\u00a0bar for those aged 18 or over, and NAAFI shop.<\/p>\n

National memorial<\/h2>\n

David Cooper, a former apprentice in Carlisle says that the Army Apprentices Memorial was the brainchild of one or two ex-apprentices\u00a0from Arborfield & Chepstow, who then thought that it should embrace all\u00a0ex-Army Apprentices.<\/p>\n

A steering committee with representatives\u00a0from all four Apprentice Schools (Arborfield<\/a>, Carlisle, Chepstow and\u00a0Harrogate) was then formed.<\/p>\n

Funds were raised by approaching the Army Corps with whom\u00a0apprentices served (RE, REME, ROAC, RSigs, etc) for donations as well as the\u00a0town councils where the schools were located, but most of the funds came\u00a0from individual donations from ex-apprentices, their widows or families.<\/p>\n

540\u00a0ex-apprentices have subscribed to have their names engraved around the\u00a0perimeter of the Memorial.<\/p>\n

To date nearly \u00a370,000 has been raised, which will\u00a0pay for the construction of the monument, the Dedication ceremony and a\u00a0legacy fund to maintain the monument in perpetuity.<\/p>\n

The dedication ceremony\u00a0on 7 September will be attended by many ex-apprentices and their families,\u00a0civic dignitaries from the towns associated with the Apprentice Schools and\u00a0senior officers from the various Corps that took the apprentices as soldier\u00a0tradesmen.<\/p>\n

The Memorial is being dedicated by Major General “Gerry”\u00a0Berragan, himself an ex-Arborfield Apprentice.<\/p>\n

About the memorial<\/strong><\/p>\n

The symbols of the cross and the crown incorporated into the memorial stand respectively for Character and Loyalty.<\/p>\n

Four granite benches surround the memorial, each inscribed with the name of one of the four main Army Apprentice schools.<\/p>\n

The Army Apprentice Scheme ran from 1923 to 2004 and trained more than 70,000 soldier tradesmen for the technical corps of the British Army, 50,000 of who passed through the four main schools.<\/p>\n

Young men, who started as early as 14 years old, have gone on to serve in every conflict since the First World War, including Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Major Gordon Bonner (Retd), Honorary Secretary of the Memorial Steering Committee, said: \u201cThis memorial is a fitting tribute to those friends and colleagues with whom we served and to those who gave their lives in the service of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank you<\/h2>\n

A big thank you to David Cooper for his help in recounting life behind the fence at the Carlisle Apprentice School<\/p>\n

More information<\/h2>\n

The Army Apprentice Memorial<\/strong> <\/a>website<\/p>\n

National Memorial Arboretum<\/a><\/p>\n

Gallery<\/h3>\n

[slidepress gallery=’army-apprentice-memorial’]<\/p>\n

Thanks to Royal British Legion for the images<\/p>\n

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