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Photographs of Shrivenham



Mile Stone Shrivenham






Notes on Anti-Aircraft Artillery Equipment, Military College Science, Carriages Branch.



American University Shrivenham - Coat-of-Arms - 1945



American University Shrivenham - July 1945



American University Shrivenham - September 1945



A soldier studying at the American University Army College at Shrivenham - 1946



Staff Sergeant William F Lowdermilk (back to camera, wearing a flying jacket with the words 'Strip for Action' on the back), Barbara L Royea and Pfc Leo Reilly - 1946



Students and staff at the US Army University, Shrivenham, begin to queue in the sunshine for the transport that will take them into Stratford-upon-Avon to see a performance at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre- 1946



Headquaters Military College of Science June 1946



RAF Watchfield 7th June 1946



RAF Watchfield 1946



1st TSO, 1946-47 Staff & Students



1946-47 HQ Staff



1st TSO, 1946-47 Weapons Group



1st TSO, 1946-47 Vehicles Group



1st TSO, 1946-47 Instruments Group



Hill Road, Watchfield 1950



30th April 1952 Student officers at the Military College of Science at Shrivenham



The road to Faringdon running past Wellington Square in 1955



Gala opening of the Bromhead Cinema, Shrivenham on Friday, 23 November 1956



RAF Watchfield 1956



Yehudi Menuhin and the Commandant Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham General (then Major-General) Sir John Winthrop Hackett GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC at the College theater Wednesday, November 30, 1960
Yehudi Menuhin, who was present at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, for their concert, said he had attended because the Commander of the Military College had written him such a charming letter he could not refuse. Major General J W Hackett has a reputation for charming the famous. He is rumoured to have gone up to the Duke of Edinburgh with a request for a lift in his aeroplane. "Hop in," was the reply.



Yehudi Menuhin and the Commandant Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham General (then Major-General) Sir John Winthrop Hackett GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC at the College theater Wednesday, November 30, 1960
Yehudi Menuhin, who was present at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, for their concert, said he had attended because the Commander of the Military College had written him such a charming letter he could not refuse. Major General J W Hackett has a reputation for charming the famous. He is rumoured to have gone up to the Duke of Edinburgh with a request for a lift in his aeroplane. "Hop in," was the reply.



Marlborough Hall (in foreground) and Wellington Hall in RMCS, May 1960



A brief history of the RMCS prepared by the War Office and Central Office of Information. Published 1961



Roberts and Kitchners Hall 1963



Wellington Hall 1963



Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother arriving at Shrivenham on 29th June 1964



Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother arriving at Shrivenham on 29th June 1964



RMCS Centenary year Booklet celebrating 100 years 1864 - 1964



Programme of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 29th June 1964



Roberts Hall 1969



The Mall 1969-70



RMCS 1970



RMCS Brochure 1972



RMCS 1974



Army Staff Course Library Book



Army Staff Course Library Book



Plaque commemorating major renovation and restoration of the Beckett House 1985 to 1990 by the Property Services Agency Department of the environmnet of the Royal Military College of Science



View towards Wellington Hall Royal Military College Science Shrivenham May 1995



College HQ, Royal Military College Science Shrivenham May 1995



Roberts Hall, Royal Military College Science Shrivenham May 1995



Wellington Hall, Royal Military College Science Shrivenham May 1995



Beckett House, Royal Military College Science Shrivenham May 1995



Royal Military College Science Shrivenham May 1995



Music and Fireworks invitaion card 9th September 1995



Grace Room, College Theater, 14 May 1996



Royal MIlitary College of Science - President's Commendation for service to the arts - 1991 to 1999



Crest of Joint Services Command and Staff College
The JSCSC occupied Shrivenham site on 7 August 2000




History of Joint Services Command and Staff College



The Ariel View 2001



The Ariel View 2001



The Gun Sheds 2001



Joint Services Command and Staff College 2001



Defence Academy Head Quaters 2003



Defence Academy Head Quaters 2003



Defence Academy Head Quaters 2003



The Vincient Centre 2003



The Vincient Centre 2003



The Armoured Fighting Vehicles Wing 2003



The Armoured Fighting Vehicles Wing 2003



The Armoured Fighting Vehicles Wing 2003



Roberts Hall Bar 2003



The Ariel View 2003



The Ariel View 2003



Beckett House Library 2003



Beckett House Library Winter 2003



Red Arrows over JSCSC Graduation Day 2003



Beckett House Library Graduation Day 2003



Royal Military College of Science 50th Anniversary Year 2003



RMCS 2004



Beckett House Library ground floor reception area, 20 Nov 2004



Beckett House Library ground floor reception area, 20 Nov 2004



Beckett House Library, lower staircase, 20 Nov 2004



Beckett House Library ceiling, 20 Nov 2004



RMCS Coat of Arms at Beckett House Library 06 Dec 2004 (Author: Rachel Daniels, Education and Research Support Manager - ‎Cranfield University)



Drink and Drive poster Main Gate, Defence Academy 02 January 2005



RMCS Gate, 02 January 2005



Shrivenham Village entrance, 02 January 2005



The Defence Academy Entrance 18 April 2005



Beckett House Library, 30 May 2005



Royal Military College of Science Head Quaters, 30 May 2005



Roberts Hall, 10 June 2005



Roberts Hall, 10 June 2005



Roberts Hall, 10 June 2005



Roberts Hall, 10 June 2005



Roberts Hall, 10 June 2005



Kitchner Hall, 10 June 2005



Kitchner Hall, 10 June 2005



Kitchner Hall, 10 June 2005



Kitchner Hall, 10 June 2005



College Theater, 06 July 2005



College Theater, 06 July 2005



College Theater, 06 July 2005



College Theater, 06 July 2005



College Theater, 06 July 2005



Beckett House Library 13 July 2005



Beckett House Library 13 July 2005



Defence Academy Golf Course, 17 July 2005



Defence Academy Kennels, 19 July 2005



College Headquaters, 21 July 2005



Becket House, 28 July 2005



Becket House, 28 July 2005



College Headquaters, 29 July 2005



College Headquaters, 29 July 2005



Defence College of Management and Technology - Organisation Chart 2005



The Defence Academy Entrance 2006



View from Joint Services Command and Staff College Library



Ariel view of The Joint Services Command and Staff College



Defence Leadership Centre Beckett House 2006



Defence Leadership Centre Beckett House 2006



Then Colonel Anil Shukla, VSM, Rajputana Rifles at Slim Building 2006



Music and Fireworks 2007



Music and Fireworks 2007



Music and Fireworks 2007



BCS Prize for the best project on the IMT MSc course 2009 to Caroline Lewin at the Defence Capability Centre



Kitchner & Robers Hall 2009



Music and Fireworks 2009



Music and Fireworks 2009



Music and Fireworks Poster 2009



Music and Fireworks 2010



Music and Fireworks 2010



Music and Fireworks 2010



Music and Fireworks 2010



Music and Fireworks Poster 2010



Aerial View of the Shrivenham Camp 2010



Music and Fireworks 2011



Music and Fireworks 2011



Music and Fireworks 2011



Music and Fireworks Poster 2011



Music and Fireworks Poster 2011



Graduation Day Shrivenham 2011



The Defence Academy Entrance 18 Oct 2011



Music and Fireworks Poster 2012



Music and Fireworks Poster 2013



Music and Fireworks Poster 2014



Graduation Day Shrivenham 17 July 2014



Watchfield Roundabout 23 July 2014



Music and Fireworks Poster 2015



Music and Fireworks Poster 2016



Music and Fireworks Poster 2016




Shrivenham Station Saddle Club 2016



Music and Fireworks Poster 2017



Technology School Artillery Hall 10 Aug 2017



Beckett House 11 December 2017



Beckett House 01 March 2018



Defence Academy Entrance 13 April 2018




Music and Fireworks Poster 2018



Meet and Greet 12 September 2018



Joint Service Command and Staff College - 'Forum' 20 December 2018



Snow at the Defence Academy 31 January 2019



Music and Fireworks Poster 2019



Technology School 30 July 2020



Defence Academy Headquaters 12 August 2020



Defence Academy 7 Sep 2020



Defence Academy - Station Headquaters 15 Sep 2020


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Photographs of Cranfield



Pillbox at Cranfield Airport built circa 1937



Bristol Blenhiem 1 , K7174 with the hangar behind 1938



The Ritz Cinema in Cranfield. 5 Jul 1938



Empire Day, Air Show at RAF Cranfield. 24 May 1939



Empire Day, Air Show at RAF Cranfield. 24 May 1939



Cranfield, Bomb Damage. 1 Oct 1940



Cranfield, Civil Defence Parade. 16 Sep 1941



Fl-282 V20 relic became property of the Cranfield College of Aeronautics in May 1945 until mid 1960ies, when sold to Midland Air Museum



Cranfield Airfield 1946



RAF Cranfield, becomes College Of Aeronautics, views of College Buildings, 17 May 1946



RAF Cranfield, becomes College Of Aeronautics, Empire Test Pilots School, 17 May 1946



Transformation from RAF Cranfield to College of Aeronautics 1946



First Prospectus College of Aeronautics 1946



College of Aeronautics staff and the First Batch of students group photograph Oct 1946



College of Aeronautics staff photograph (first term) Oct 1946



Cranfield College Dramatic Society performing 'The Amazing Dr Cliitterhouse' 9 Mar 1948



Cranfield College Dramatic Club, 22 Jun 1948



The Minister of Education - Rt Hon George Tomlinson visits Cranfield College of Aeronautics, Presentation of Diplomas, 13 Jul 1948



The Minister of Education - Rt Hon George Tomlinson speaks at Cranfield College of Aeronautics after presentation of Diplomas, 13 Jul 1948



Cranfield College of Aeronautics, Lord Tedder visiting, Summer 1949



Cranfield College of Aeronautics, Lord Tedder presenting diplomas, Summer 1949



Cranfield College of Aeronautics, Lord Tedder with Staff, Summer 1949



Cranfield College, International Model Aircraft Competition, 3 Aug 1949



Cranfield College, International Model Aircraft Competition, 3 Aug 1949



College Boating Club 1951, boating in river Bedford



Mr. Vivek R Sinha, standing with some friends at Cranfield in 1951



Mr. Vivek R Sinha, receiving his Degree at Cranfield in 1951



Mr. Vivek R Sinha, with his class at Cranfield in 1951



A group of men testing aircraft componants at the College of Aeronautics, later known as the Institute of Technology at Cranfield, Photographer: John Gay; Date Taken: 1947 - 1953



A student being photographed whilst carrying out an experiment in the College of Aeronautics in Cranfield, Photographer: John Gay; Date Taken: 1947 - 1953



Aerial camera equipment displayed on a desk in the College of Aeronautics in Cranfield, Photographer: John Gay; Date Taken: 1947 - 1953



An elevated view looking across the campus of the College of Aeronautics in Cranfield, Photographer: John Gay; Date Taken: 1947 - 1953



Four students in the College of Aeronautics in Cranfield, Photographer: John Gay; Date Taken: 1947 - 1953



Mechanical calculators being used in a classroom at the College of Aeronautics, later known as the Institute of Technology at Cranfield, Photographer: John Gay; Date Taken: 1947 - 1953



Microscopes on desks in a laboratory at the College of Aeronautics in Cranfield, Photographer: John Gay; Date Taken: 1947 - 1953



The exterior of a building at the College of Aeronautics in Cranfield, Photographer: John Gay; Date Taken: 1947 - 1953



RAC road sign directing drivers to the College of Aeronautics, Photographer: John Gay Date Taken: 1947-53




PA474 was reprieved. She was then transferred to the Royal College of Aeronautics at Cranfield where she was used as a trial platform for the testing of various experimental aerofoil sections between 1954 and 1964



Airplane Hanger Cranfield Airport 1956



Air Traffic Control August 1958



Cranfield University Winter 1959



Lanchester Hall 1959



Cranfield Museum - V2 Rocket 1959



Guidded Missle Dinner 15 December 1959



The second prototype Hawker Tempest II LA607 at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Bedfordshire on 10 September 1960



RAF Lancaster with the wing on the top fuselage cira 1960



RAF Lancaster with the wing on the top fuselage circa 1960



G-AHIC Avro 19 Anson College_of_Aeronautics Cranfield 1962



College of Aeronautics Airplane Fleet Cranfield Airport 1966



TSR 2. XR222. Taken at Cranfield with 4in X 5in film camera on 27 May 1966. by Boston Swing



The College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, plus Farnborough Sept 1966



July 1967 Petition for the grant of a Royal Charter along with a draft charter for a new institution to be called Cranfield Institute of Technology.



College of Aeronautics Airplane Hanger Cranfield Airport 1968



Cranfield, An aerial view in 1972



Cranfield Airfield August 1975



Fedden House 1976



Cranfield Airfield August 1980



College of Aeronautics Airplane Hanger Cranfield Airport 1980



RAF Cranfield & the Harrier developed at Cranfield



CRANFIELD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1986



Aerial view of Cranfield village showing the Cranfield Institute of Technology in the background and the airfield in the middle distance 1986



Cranfield University Libray Constructed 1989-92



Cranfield University Aerial View 1992



Cranfield University Library 1992



Cranfield University Library 1992



Cranfield University Library 1992



Cranfield University Library 1992



RAF LTF English Electric Lightning T.5 XS458-DY at Cranfield (1993)



Cranfield 1994



Cranfield Airfield 1995



Cranfield, The PFA Rally in 1995 Picture by Austin J Brown



Cranfield Airport and Campus, late 1990s with the Kings Norton Library in the centre, the Nissan Centre and the beginnings of the Technology Park on the outskirts of campus



Cranfield, Aerial view 2002



Air Traffic Control August 2004



Cranfield University Accomodation 4 Oct 2005 By Jacek Wajcik



Lanchester Hall 2006



Natwest Bank Cranfield University 29 October 2006



Cranfield University British Aerospace BAe-3102 Jetstream 31 G-NFLA, Liverpool - John Lennon International (LPL / EGGP), United Kingdom 21 March 2007



The most beautiful tree @ Cranfield UK - By Teqnomaan - Web Site: panoramio, November 23, 2007



Finance Office, Cranfield University 28 December 2007



Bookshop & Cafe on Cranfield campus, Creative Commons Licence © Copyright David M Jones on Friday, 28 December, 2007



Entrance foyer, String Fellow Hall, Cranfield University Copyright: Peter Cook, January 2008



Entrance, String Fellow Hall, Cranfield University Copyright: Peter Cook, January 2008



School of Management - Logistics - By William Stephens



Kent House, Cranfield University 2008



university reception- By avic1xuyanwei Web Site: panoramio, Taken On: 15 February 2008



Air Cmde. (R) Valavade and Prof. Eric Martin Goodger at Cranfield in December 2008



A Faculty member, specializing in Fluid Dynamics, Prof. Riti Singh and Prof. Eric Martin Goodger at Cranfield , December 2008



Prof. Eric Martin Goodger and Air Cmde. (R) Valavade at School of Engineering, Cranfield in December 2008



A workstation at School of Engineering, Cranfield, December 2008



Air Cmde. (R) Valavade revisiting his old accomodation at Cranfield in December 2008



School of Engineering faculty time out, Cranfield, December 2008



School of Health (New Building), constructed in 2008



Cranfield Airport by Thomas Nugent - Viewed from a Glasgow bound flight from Luton - Circa 2010



Conway House, Cranfield University Technology Park 2010



Lanchester Reception 2010



Cranfield Airfield 2010



Cranfield University Airplane Hanger Cranfield Airport 2010



Prof (Dr) R S Langley, Dr Partha Bose & Prof (Dr) Colin Kirk in 2010



Fedden House 2010



Cranfield Library 2010



School of Engineering (Near Airfield), Wing Entrance, Building 83 in 2010



Mitchell Hall 2010



Cranfield University December 2010



Cranfield Airfield December 2010



Mitchell Hall 2010



Mitchell Rd, Cranfield University, By Nudsikan Kaewjai Take On: 27 May 2012- Web Site: panoramio



Cranfield University Photo by Thomas Cochrane of the M.Sc.in Motorsport Engineering and Management on 21 March 2013 at Donington Park Circuit



Cranfield University M.Sc.in Motorsport Engineering and Management



RAF at Cranfield (Empire Test Pilots School) Circa 2014



RN at Cranfield Circa 2014



C4S Centre, August 2014



Cranfield Innovation Centre 2016



Cranfield Management Development Centre 2016



Trent House, Cranfield University Technology Park 2016



Derwent House, Cranfield University Technology Park 2016



Cranfield, Detail Aerial View 2016



Cranfield, Aerial view 2018



Cranfield Airport circa 2018



India Society Cranfield



Cranfield University Shield



Cranfield USP



Cranfield University




Cranfield University Sign Board's


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