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The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Signals and other technical corps .
Die Royal Military Academy Woolwich (offiziell The Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; deutsch: Königliche Militärakademie Woolwich) war eine Militärakademie der British Army, die von 1741 bis 1939 im Londoner Stadtteil Woolwich existierte. Die Einrichtung wurde umgangssprachlich auch als „The Shop“ bezeichnet.
The first officially sanctioned military college was the Royal Military Academy (RMA), Woolwich, established in 1741 by the Royal Artillery. The RMA focused on the rapidly advancing technical skills that artillery officers required, teaching maths and science as well as more military subjects.
Royal Military Academy . Listed Building. Designed by James Wyatt (1737-1807) of the great Wyatt dynasty of architects. 1794-96. Woolwich, London (though then in Kent). Photograph from Guggisberg, facing p.213. Caption, text and formatting by Jacqueline Banerjee. [Click on the image to enlarge them.]
The Royal Military Academy, begun in 1721 in the arsenal, was moved to Woolwich Common in 1808, into a building designed by the architect James Wyatt. Many of Britain’s military leaders emerged from this institution, including Lord Kitchener, Charles George Gordon, and Orde Charles Wingate.
The Royal Military Academy, Woolwich by Paul Sandby (1731-1809) (Royal Collection) shows the Academy buildings about 1770. Sandby was drawing master at the Academy from 1768 to 1796, retiring a few years before English’s arrival.
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