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ARMY APPRENTICES

The very early days of Arborfield remembered.

For convenience, articles relating to the very early history of Arborfield can be accessed from the following

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R.A.O.C.	R.A.S.C.	R.E.s	R.E.M.E.	R. Sigs.
The Village Blacksmith	Wait For The Wagon	Wings.	Lilliburlero	Begone Dull Care.

Above are badges of the Corps under which the apprentices trained and transferred to. For music to browse by:

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1936 – 1940 Nominal Roll	Names of the first boys into the Arborfield A.T.S..
A Proud Career	AAS Recruiting Booklet of the 1940s
Arborfield Memories 1942 – 1946.	Arborfield remembered in the thoughts of a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service 1942 – 1946.
Army Technical Foundation College - History	From the opening to closure.
Careers for Boys	1937 Pamphlet – “The Training of an Army Apprentice Tradesman in the Army”
Frank BENNETT	Frank recalls 1939
Brian CHARLWOOD	The service career of Brian Charlwood (May 1939 intake).
Trevor O’CALLAGHAN (October 42)	Trevor’s contribution to the BBC People’s War Archive. WW2. External web site. Use Right Click, Back, to return here.
From Jersey to the Mainland	Ronald Stevens recalls the move from Jersey to the Mainland.
Ken BAULF	A very early Army Apprentice of 1934
George Bill HUMPHREY	!st May 1939 Intake No.1 Arborfield Army Technical School
Arthur Peter HUMPSTON	Jersey 1938 to Arborfield 1939.
Memorials	Some early Arborfielders remembered.
Douglas Dick MOSELEY	Jersey to Fareham to REME .
Stanley John PIGGOTT. (October 39).	Arborfield photos 1939 – 1942.
Ian REA	Bramley to Arborfield to REME
Ordnance Insignia of the British Army	As worn by the early Army Apprentices External web site. Use Right Click, Back, to return here.
R.A.O.C. Boys	The reorganisation of R.A.O.C. Boy Army Apprentices. External web site. Use Right Click, Back, to return here.
Ralph William Taylor.	The service career of Ralph Taylor (October 1939 intake).
Fred WELLS	R Sigs Catterick Apprentice to GSC Arborfield Apprentice.
George WHITE	The varied career of George White 42B
John WINTLE. (October 39).	Photos ranging from 1939 through to 2015
Marc YATES	The evacuation of the Army Technical School (Jersey) 1940.
Fred YOUNGMAN	1944 sees the dispersal of the ATS with the build up to D Day.