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taught servicemen and women with an aptitude for languages to speak
Russian. In January 1954, the RAF Movements School was formed at RAF Kidbrooke, tasked to provide cargo movements and mobility training to personnel of all three Services and other Government departments. It had a staff of 47 and ran
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The RFC became the RAF on 1 April 1918. Kidbrooke was named No 1 Stores Depot in March 1920. It became No 1 Equipment Depot in
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in the London Docks. All RAF personnel were posted away in 1967 when the squadron civilianised. When RAF Kidbrooke closed in around 1968/69, the civilian staff and vehicles were relocated to
Woolwich Arsenal.
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depot, providing balloons to defend London against low-flying enemy aircraft. This was also the base for the No 1 Balloon Centre and 901 Squadron (a barrage balloon squadron of the
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around 25 courses, ranging in length from under a week to a 17-week basic recruit course, delivered to over 1,900 personnel per annum. In
January 1963, the School moved to
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Death Diary: A Year of London Murder, Execution, Terrorism and
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Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
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