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In 1924 the Royal Hibernian Military School based in Shorncliffe Camp was amalgamated with the Duke of York's Royal Military School, ending 155 years … More...
The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Sever… More...
The King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands visited to the Royal Military Asylum in Chelsea in 1824 with fatal consequences. More...
John Shaul, the school's only Victoria Cross recipient. He was awarded the medal for his gallantry at the Battle of Magersfontein in 1899, in the earl… More...
Fifty ex-pupils of the two Royal Military Schools died in the Crimean Campaign of the 1850s, four of whom were killed in the Light Brigade's charge at… More...
The Royal Military Asylum's Chapel was consecrated in December 1824 and although it ceased to be a religious building in 1909 it still stands today as… More...
Many will know that School was evacuated from its Guston site during both world wars, but not much is recorded about where it was moved to during the … More...