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Joint Service Defence College
The Joint Service Defence College Crest
Former names
Joint Services Staff College (1947–71)
National Defence College (1971–83)
TypeStaff college
Active1947–1997
CampusLatimer (1947–1983)
Greenwich (1983–1997)

The Joint Service Defence College (JSDC) was a training academy for military personnel from 1947 to 1997. It has since been amalgamated into the Joint Services Command and Staff College.

History

The college was established as the Joint Services Staff College (JSSC) in 1947 with Rear Admiral Cyril Douglas-Pennant as its first commandant.[1] It was based at Latimer House in Latimer, Buckinghamshire.[2] It was renamed the National Defence College (NDC) in 1971. On 12 February 1974, the IRA detonated a bomb at the NDC; there were no fatalities.[3] In 1983, the NDC was renamed the Joint Service Defence College (JSDC), and moved to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The college was closed in 1997 and amalgamated into the new Joint Services Command and Staff College.[4]

Staff and students

The

lieutenant-colonel rank or equivalent[5] and had to have the potential to rise at least two grades in rank. Three courses, each of nine months,[5] were held every two years, each with 60 officers (typically 17 from each service plus 9 others from the civil service or the police). Those officers passing the course, or serving on the directing staff for at least six months, received the letters jsdc. The majority of students went on to joint, central staff or international appointments. The crest featured a cormorant, which was also the name of the college magazine.[6]

Alumni

Air Force

Army

  • Vice Admiral
    Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command (India).[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Royal Air Force Quarterly and Commonwealth Air Forces Journal. Vol. 18–19. 1946. p. 74.
  2. ^ Latimer House (National Defence College), Latimer British Listed Buildings
  3. ^ "A Chronology of the Conflict - 1974". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  4. ^ "Joint Services Command And Staff College". Hansard. 6 March 1997. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Greenwich Guide". Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  6. ISBN 978-1612005720
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  7. ^ "Two Air Commodores Become Air Vice-Marshals" (PDF). pibarchive.nic.in. 23 May 1958.
  8. ^ Ten Years of Pakistan, 1947-1957. Pakistan Publications, Karachi. 1957. p. 235.
  9. ^ Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges
  10. ^ "General Yakubu Dan-Yumma Gowon (Jack) | Profile | Africa Confidential". www.africa-confidential.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  11. ISBN 978-8189534141
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