@padre
Whilst the RAF Apprentices didn’t start until the 1920s, there was technical training on site at RAF Halton from 10 Sep 1917 when the School of Technical Training was headed up by Lt Col Ian Bonham Carter (there is a road at Halton named after him). At that point there were some 6,000 air mechanics and 2,000 boy mechanics. Later, there was a separate Boys’ Training Depot formed on 9 Oct 1919, which predated the 1923 RAF Apprentice Scheme. On 4 Feb 1918 Bonham Carter reported 3,478 boys under training as part of a return for the formation of the RAF.
Cheers, Gaz
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