East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe

E42623

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.

Aliases (2)

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military academy → officer training college →
alsoKnownAs	Addiscombe Military Seminary → East India Company Military College, Addiscombe →
buildingUse	military education →
cadetAgeRange	teenage boys →
category	Defunct schools in the London Borough of Croydon → East India Company → Military academies of the United Kingdom →
closureReason	transfer of East India Company forces to the British Crown →
controlledBy	East India Company →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1861 →
educationType	professional military education → tertiary education →
historicalEra	British Raj precursor period →
inception	1809 →
languageOfInstruction	English →
locatedIn	Croydon → England → Surrey →
location	Addiscombe →
namedAfter	East India Company →
notableAlumni	Colin Mackenzie → George Everest → George Pollock → Henry Havelock → William Nott →
operatedBy	East India Company →
partOf	British colonial military education system →
purpose	preparing officers for service in India → training officer cadets →
regionServed	British India → Indian subcontinent →
replacedBy	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich → Royal Military College, Sandhurst →
serviceBranch	Bengal Army → Bombay Army → East India Company Army → Madras Army →
status	defunct →
timePeriod	19th century →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ("Addiscombe Military Seminary") → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ("East India Company Military College, Addiscombe") →	alsoKnownAs
Lord Roberts →	educatedAt