Addiscombe Military Seminary
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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.
East front of Addiscombe Place, the main building of Addiscombe Seminary, photographed c.1859. Cadets pose in the foreground. The inscription Non faciam vitio culpave minorem can be seen on the entablature
Plan of the Seminary grounds
Addiscombe cadets sketched by fellow cadet George Girdwood Channer in 1826–27
Addiscombe cadets photographed in c.1858
Addiscombe
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Addiscombe is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located 9.1 miles (15 km) south of Charing Cross, and is situated north of Coombe and Selsdon, east of Croydon town centre, south of Woodside, and west of Shirley.
Village sign and shops on Lower Addiscombe Road
Addiscombe Military Seminary, photographed c.1859, with cadets in the foreground
St Mary Magdalene Church, Addiscombe.
Tram on Addiscombe Road