Joint Services School for Linguists
(1949-present)
place and college
Aged 75
Wikidata WikipediaThe Joint Services School for Linguists (JSSL) was founded in 1951 by the British armed services to provide language training, principally in Russian, and largely to selected conscripts undergoing National Service. The school closed with the ending of conscription in 1960, after which the services made their own provisions as they had prior to the opening of the school (and, to some extent, even during its operation). The founding of the school was prompted by the need to provide greater numbers of interpreters, intelligence and signals intelligence officers due to the Cold War, and the Korean War which had started the previous year.
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Between 1949 and 1953 the Joint Services School for Linguists was located at RAF Kidbrooke. Here linguists were trained for covert work, their vigilance contributing greatly to National Security.
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