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The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich
Woolwich

Woolwich is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich is on the north side of the river....
, in south-east London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, was a British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 military academy
Military academy

A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the Army, the Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard or provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned....
 for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery

The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments....
 and Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the Structure of the British Army of the British Army....
. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Signals
Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and Information technology systems, providing command support to commanders and their headquarters, and conducting electronic warfare against enemy communicati...
 and other technical corps
Corps

A Corps is either a large formation , or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service....
.

The RMA was founded in 1741. It was intended to provide an education and produce "good officers of Artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 and perfect Engineer
Military engineer

A military engineer is primarily responsible for the design and construction of offensive, defensive, and logistical structures for warfare. Other duties include the layout, placement, maintenance and dismantling of defensive land mine and the clearing of enemy minefields and the construction and destruction of bridges....
s". RMA Woolwich was commonly known as "The Shop" because its first building was a converted workshop of the Woolwich Arsenal
Royal Arsenal

The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, originally known as the Woolwich Warren, carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proof test and explosives research for British armed forces....
.

Notable teachers at Woolwich included Frederick Augustus Abel, Peter Barlow
Peter Barlow

Peter Barlow was an England writer on pure and applied mathematics....
, Samuel Hunter Christie
Samuel Hunter Christie

Samuel Hunter Christie was a British scientist and mathematician. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was particularly interested in magnetism, studying the earth's magnetic field and designing improvements to the magnetic compass....
, Adair Crawford
Adair Crawford

Adair Crawford Royal_Society#Fellowship , a chemist and physician, was a pioneer in the development of calorimetry methods for measuring the specific heat capacity of substances and the heat of chemical reactions....
, Percy MacMahon
Percy Alexander MacMahon

Percy Alexander MacMahon was a mathematics, especially noted in connection with the integer partition and Mathematical analysis....
, Paul Sandby
Paul Sandby

Paul Sandby was an England map-maker turned Landscape art in watercolours, who, along with his older brother Thomas Sandby, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768....
 and James Joseph Sylvester
James Joseph Sylvester

James Joseph Sylvester was an England mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, Integer partition and combinatorics....
.

A second academy, known as the Royal Military College
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army Commissioned officer initial training centre....
 (RMC), was opened at Sandhurst
Sandhurst

Sandhurst is a small town and civil parish in England of 7,966 homes and 20,803 inhabitants , primarily domiciliary in nature with a few light industries....
, Berkshire
Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
 in 1799 to train officers for the infantry
Infantry

Infantry are soldiers who are primarily trained for the role of fighting on foot. A soldier in the infantry is known as an infantryman. Infantry units have more physically demanding training than other branches of armies, and place a greater emphasis on fitness, physical strength and aggression....
 and cavalry
Cavalry

The Cavalry is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat, it represents the mobility and offensive power of the armed forces....
.

Both were closed at the start of the Second World War in 1939.






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The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich
Woolwich

Woolwich is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich is on the north side of the river....
, in south-east London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, was a British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 military academy
Military academy

A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the Army, the Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard or provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned....
 for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery

The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments....
 and Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the Structure of the British Army of the British Army....
. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Signals
Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and Information technology systems, providing command support to commanders and their headquarters, and conducting electronic warfare against enemy communicati...
 and other technical corps
Corps

A Corps is either a large formation , or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service....
.

The RMA was founded in 1741. It was intended to provide an education and produce "good officers of Artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 and perfect Engineer
Military engineer

A military engineer is primarily responsible for the design and construction of offensive, defensive, and logistical structures for warfare. Other duties include the layout, placement, maintenance and dismantling of defensive land mine and the clearing of enemy minefields and the construction and destruction of bridges....
s". RMA Woolwich was commonly known as "The Shop" because its first building was a converted workshop of the Woolwich Arsenal
Royal Arsenal

The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, originally known as the Woolwich Warren, carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proof test and explosives research for British armed forces....
.

Notable teachers at Woolwich included Frederick Augustus Abel, Peter Barlow
Peter Barlow

Peter Barlow was an England writer on pure and applied mathematics....
, Samuel Hunter Christie
Samuel Hunter Christie

Samuel Hunter Christie was a British scientist and mathematician. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was particularly interested in magnetism, studying the earth's magnetic field and designing improvements to the magnetic compass....
, Adair Crawford
Adair Crawford

Adair Crawford Royal_Society#Fellowship , a chemist and physician, was a pioneer in the development of calorimetry methods for measuring the specific heat capacity of substances and the heat of chemical reactions....
, Percy MacMahon
Percy Alexander MacMahon

Percy Alexander MacMahon was a mathematics, especially noted in connection with the integer partition and Mathematical analysis....
, Paul Sandby
Paul Sandby

Paul Sandby was an England map-maker turned Landscape art in watercolours, who, along with his older brother Thomas Sandby, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768....
 and James Joseph Sylvester
James Joseph Sylvester

James Joseph Sylvester was an England mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, Integer partition and combinatorics....
.

A second academy, known as the Royal Military College
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army Commissioned officer initial training centre....
 (RMC), was opened at Sandhurst
Sandhurst

Sandhurst is a small town and civil parish in England of 7,966 homes and 20,803 inhabitants , primarily domiciliary in nature with a few light industries....
, Berkshire
Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
 in 1799 to train officers for the infantry
Infantry

Infantry are soldiers who are primarily trained for the role of fighting on foot. A soldier in the infantry is known as an infantryman. Infantry units have more physically demanding training than other branches of armies, and place a greater emphasis on fitness, physical strength and aggression....
 and cavalry
Cavalry

The Cavalry is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat, it represents the mobility and offensive power of the armed forces....
.

Both were closed at the start of the Second World War in 1939. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army Commissioned officer initial training centre....
 opened in 1947 as an amalgamation of both institutions. As of 2008 the Woolwich buildings are being converted and extended into 334 houses and apartments, including 150 for a housing association
Housing association

Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent Non-profit organization bodies that provide low-cost social housing for people in housing need....
.

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Collection contains displays the history of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, The Royal Military College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. The collection includes the Royal Military Academy's gentlemen cadet registers, historic archive, uniforms, paintings, photographs and other artifacts. Visits are by appointment only. There is also an Army Museum.

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