Short history

The Marconi Telefunken College of Telegraphy opened on the 8th of August 1913, on the 4th of August 1914 the name changed to the Marconi School of Wireless, which operated until 31st December 1981, closing with the retirement of Cec Bardwell.

The school was situated at the following locations:

Marconi Radio School's Eighty Years of History - William A Scholes
1914 and 1920 First Class Commercial Operators Certificates of Proficiency
1938 list of ships and Wireless Officers
1950 list of ships and Radio Officers
Photograph, Bardwell, Gray and Glaisher
Magazine article, Harold Grey and Dudley Masters 1975
School Brochures, 1966

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