Links with associated sites.
It is intended to list here those websites which have connections with service children's education overseas. If you know of relevant websites please email the webmaster and the links will be provided on this page.
Meanwhile, here are some starters. Just click on the underlined word(s) to be taken to the site, which will then appear in a separate window.
Meanwhile, here are some starters. Just click on the underlined word(s) to be taken to the site, which will then appear in a separate window.
Archived Material - London Institute of Education
To access the catalogue please click on the following link - http://www.ioe.ac.uk/services/932.html
For information on Service Children's Education (SCE) in general as well as each and every school still open, click here. To email SCE then click this link.
Tal-handaq - The former Royal Naval School at has a website for past members of staff and former pupils, with details of their reunions.
"Images of the Royal Naval School Tal Handaq" - A new site has just been set up by Bruce Williams and contains 90 photographs of the school taken in 2004. Included is a 360 degree rotating panorama. There is also a companion site with further images, information and links.
"Photographic Memories of the Royal Naval School Tal Handaq" - Another site looking back at Tal Handaq is by David Gerrard (1959-1963) and featuring a wide-ranging photographic gallery.
There is now a Facebook group for former pupils of Tal Handaq, set up by Penny Ashenhurst (pupil 1972-75). Click here to access it.
Verdala - Also in Malta, the Royal Naval School at Verdala has its own site which also contains a brief history of Tal Handaq and Verdala.
For information on Service Children's Education (SCE) in general as well as each and every school still open, click here. To email SCE then click this link.
Tal-handaq - The former Royal Naval School at has a website for past members of staff and former pupils, with details of their reunions.
"Images of the Royal Naval School Tal Handaq" - A new site has just been set up by Bruce Williams and contains 90 photographs of the school taken in 2004. Included is a 360 degree rotating panorama. There is also a companion site with further images, information and links.
"Photographic Memories of the Royal Naval School Tal Handaq" - Another site looking back at Tal Handaq is by David Gerrard (1959-1963) and featuring a wide-ranging photographic gallery.
There is now a Facebook group for former pupils of Tal Handaq, set up by Penny Ashenhurst (pupil 1972-75). Click here to access it.
Verdala - Also in Malta, the Royal Naval School at Verdala has its own site which also contains a brief history of Tal Handaq and Verdala.
Moving on to Asia, we have the following sites:
St George's School, Hong Kong, which closed in 1996.
Slim School, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, closed in 1964.
The Bourne School, Kuala Lumpur, mentioned in the 2003 magazine, has its site in the "Yahoo Clubs" system.
Alexandra Grammar School - Schools in Singapore generally can be accessed from the St John's Comprehensive School site. There are recent pictures of the latter and of Singapore here.
Focusing on Singapore 1967 - 1969 is this site which has many photographs from several schools, especially St John's and Bourne, and also individual recollections of time there.
Khormaksar Secondary School in Aden has a very colourful site.
Slim School, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, closed in 1964.
The Bourne School, Kuala Lumpur, mentioned in the 2003 magazine, has its site in the "Yahoo Clubs" system.
Alexandra Grammar School - Schools in Singapore generally can be accessed from the St John's Comprehensive School site. There are recent pictures of the latter and of Singapore here.
Focusing on Singapore 1967 - 1969 is this site which has many photographs from several schools, especially St John's and Bourne, and also individual recollections of time there.
Khormaksar Secondary School in Aden has a very colourful site.
The remaining sites all relate to Germany:
Wikipedia has an entry for Windsor School, JHQ (Rheindahlen), which closed in July 2013. Thanks to Tom Nielsen-Marsh for spotting this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_School,_Germany
Ark School, 2010-2013, still has its own web-site .... www.ark.sceschools.com/ .... which at the time of writing (Feb 2018) still holds a full-photo-archive of the school's three years on JHQ.
Sites aimed at former members of staff are:
Prince Rupert School, Wilhelmshaven(1947 - 1972)
Windsor School, Hamm(1953 - 1983)
Kent School, Hostert.
The Army Children Archive was launched in October 2007 by Clare Gibson, who aims to collect, record and preserve details of the unique aspects of growing up as the child of a soldier from the 17th century onwards. Do visit her site at www.archhistory.co.uk and in particular the page on schooling. A recent addition is a list of members of staff, together with a photograph, who were teaching at the Bourne School, Kuala Lumpur, at the time of its closure in 1965. Visitors are encouraged to contribute information, memories and images, and the site is worth revisiting as it will be continually developed and updated.
Finally, if you wish to make contact with old friends or colleagues from the forces, whether still serving or long since retired, then Forces Reunited has a database of over 200,000 members. Membership is free. www.forcesreunited.co.uk
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