Joint Services School for Linguists

Joint Services School for Linguists
Plaque at RAF Kidbrooke
TypeLanguage training
Active1949–c.1965
CampusRAF Kidbrooke (1949–1953)
Bodmin / Coulsdon (1953–1956)
RNAS Crail (1956–1960)
RAF Tangmere (1960–c.1965)

The Joint Services School for Linguists (JSSL) was founded in 1949 by the British armed services to provide language training, principally in Russian, and largely to selected conscripts undergoing National Service.