East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe

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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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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 ⓘ
linked to: Camberwell
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 ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
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 ⓘ

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Lord Roberts → educatedAt → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe → alsoKnownAs → Addiscombe Military Seminary ⓘ
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East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe → alsoKnownAs → East India Company Military College, Addiscombe ⓘ
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Sir Richard Strachey → educatedAt → Addiscombe Military Seminary ⓘ
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Harry Prendergast → educatedAt → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
subject linked to: General Sir Harry Prendergast
Alexander Cunningham → educatedAt → Addiscombe Military Seminary ⓘ
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Sir Robert Montgomery → educatedAt → Addiscombe Military Seminary ⓘ
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Sir Louis Cavagnari → educatedAt → Addiscombe Military Seminary ⓘ
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Sir John William Kaye → educatedAt → Royal Military College, Addiscombe ⓘ
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Sir George Le Grand Jacob → educatedAt → Addiscombe Military Seminary ⓘ
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