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The East India Company Military Seminary was a British military academy at Addiscombe, Surrey, in what is now the London Borough of Croydon. It opened in 1809 and closed in 1861. Its purpose was to train young officers to serve in the East India Company 's own army in India .
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MILITARY SEMINARY, ADDISCOMBE, 1809-1858 By J. M. Bourne The Honourable East India Company's Military Seminary1 at "Addiscombe Place, near Croydon" was opened in 1809. The plan was drawn up by William Abington of the East India House and authorised by a Resolution of the Court of Directors on 7th April. Cadets were
Addiscombe Military Seminary Description: By the end of the eighteenth century the East India Company had recognised that cadets for the technical branches of its armies needed a...
The East India Company Military Seminary was a British military academy at Addiscombe, Surrey, in what is now the London Borough of Croydon. It was opened in 1809 and closed in 1861. Its purpose was to train young officers to serve in the East India Company’s private army in India.
The East India Company Military Seminary was a British military academy at Addiscombe, Surrey, in what is now the London Borough of Croydon. It opened in 1809 and closed in 1861. Its purpose was to train young officers to serve in the East India Company's own army in India. The Seminary was a sister institution to the East India Company College in Hertfordshire, which trained civilian "writers ...
Fourth Term, East India Company's Military Seminary, Addiscombe, June 1857. Photograph, 1857. Intended to train the Company's military cadets, Addiscombe (in Surrey) was opened in 1809. It cost about £300 to put a young gentleman through the course.
Addiscombe Military Seminary was the the seminary established by the East India Company near to Croydon in England for its army cadets. It opened in 1808 and closed in 1859.
