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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 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.
Addiscombe was founded to equip the technical branches of the East India Company's army with a regular supply of trained officers. In the middle years of the eighteenth century the Company required a comparatively limited number of such men. All cadets were appointed 'The name was changed from "Military Seminary" to "Military College" in 1856.
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.
May 16, 2024 · 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 better...
In 1809, Emelius Ratcliffe sold Addiscombe Place to the British East India Company for £15,500, whereupon it became a military academy known as the Addiscombe Military Seminary. Cadets were trained as officers for one of the Company's three Presidency Armies .
In 1809 the East India Company's Military Seminary was 'established at Addiscombe near Croydon to provide general and technical education for EIC officer cadets - attendance was compulsory...
