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The Queen and Prince Philip at Dartmouth Britannia Royal Naval College

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Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

The Queen and Prince Philip at Dartmouth Britannia Royal Naval College (Westward Diary)

Memory Lane : Queen and Prince Philip visit Dartmouth Britannia Royal Naval College

The Queen and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh visit the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth after arriving in Totnes by train. The two first met here in 1939 when Philip was 18 and the then Princess Elizabeth, 13. Philip graduated from the college in 1940 and married the princess in 1947.

Britannia Royal Naval College is the official centre for officer training of the Royal Navy. From 1863, the Navy were accommodated on board two wooden hulks on the River Dart, HMS Britannia and Hindostan. Designed by Royal Architect Sir Aston Webb and built by Higgs and Hill the foundations of today's college were laid in 1898 and completed on 14 September 1905.

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