East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe

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military academy officer training college

The East India Company Military Seminary at Addiscombe was a 19th-century British training college that prepared officer cadets for service in the armies of the East India Company in India.

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Addiscombe Military Seminary 3
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe canonical 2
East India Company Military College, Addiscombe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military academy ⓘ
officer training college ⓘ
alsoKnownAs East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
surface form: Addiscombe Military Seminary

East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
surface form: East India Company Military College, Addiscombe
buildingUse military education ⓘ
cadetAgeRange teenage boys ⓘ
category Defunct schools in the London Borough of Croydon ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company

Military academies of the United Kingdom ⓘ
closureReason transfer of East India Company forces to the British Crown ⓘ
controlledBy British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1861 ⓘ
educationType professional military education ⓘ
tertiary education ⓘ
historicalEra British Raj precursor period ⓘ
inception 1809 ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
locatedIn London Borough of Croydon ⓘ
surface form: Croydon

England ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
location Camberwell ⓘ
surface form: Addiscombe
namedAfter British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
notableAlumni Colin Mackenzie ⓘ
George Everest ⓘ
George Pollock ⓘ
Henry Havelock ⓘ
William Nott ⓘ
operatedBy British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
partOf British colonial military education system ⓘ
purpose preparing officers for service in India ⓘ
training officer cadets ⓘ
regionServed British India ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
replacedBy Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
serviceBranch Bengal Army ⓘ
Bombay Army ⓘ
British East India Company forces ⓘ
surface form: East India Company Army

Madras Army ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Lord Roberts → educatedAt → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe → alsoKnownAs → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Addiscombe Military Seminary
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe → alsoKnownAs → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company Military College, Addiscombe
Sir Richard Strachey → educatedAt → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Addiscombe Military Seminary
General Sir Harry Prendergast → educatedAt → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry Prendergast
Alexander Cunningham → educatedAt → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Addiscombe Military Seminary