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Sandhurst
Sandhurst village, Bracknell Forest, S central England. It is the site of the British army officer-training school, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The original Sandhurst school, the Royal Military College, merged with the Royal Military Academy, formerly at Woolwich, in the 1940s. Winston C... Read more
Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith 1954-, British politician, leader (2001-3) of the Conservative party , b. Edinburgh. Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, he served in the Scots Guards from 1975 to 1981, leaving the army for a series of business positions, mainly in the defense industry and publish... Read more
Abdullah II
Abdullah II äbdool´lä , 1962-, king of Jordan (1999-), b. Amman, educated at Sandhurst and Oxford in England and Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C. He joined (1984) the Jordanian military, rose swiftly, became (1994) head of Jordan's Special Forces, and attained (1998) the rank of m... Read more
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby Allenby, 1st Viscount
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby Allenby, 1st Viscount , 1861-1936, British field marshal. Educated at Sandhurst, he saw active service in Bechuanaland (1884-85) and Zululand (1888) and in the South African War (1899-1902). When World War I broke out (1914), he commanded first the cavalry and then (1915-... Read more
Peter Carington Carrington, 6th Baron
Peter Carington Carrington, 6th Baron 1919-, British politician. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he succeeded to the peerage in 1938. After serving in World War II, he took his seat in the House of Lords, where he held ministerial positions under the Conservative governments of Winston Churchill, A... Read more
Ian Lancaster Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming 1908-64, English spy novelist, b. London. Son of a Conservative member of Parliament, Fleming was educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and Munich and Geneva universities and worked as Reuters' Moscow correspondent (1929-33), a stockbroker (1935-39), a British naval intelligence offici... Read more
Greenwich
Greenwich , outer borough (1991 pop. 200,800) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. Manufactures include telephone equipment and underwater cable. The system of geographic longitude and time-keeping worked out at the famous Royal Observatory there have become standard in most countries... Read more
Hussein I
Hussein I , 1935-99, king of Jordan; educated in England at Harrow and Sandhurst. He ascended the throne (1953) after his grandfather Abdullah I had been killed (1951) by a Palestinian extremist and after his father was declared (1952) mentally unfit to serve as king. The target of more than a doz... Read more
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1874-1965, British statesman, soldier, and author; son of Lord Randolph Churchill . Early Career Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, he became (1894) an officer in the 4th hussars. On leave in 1895, he saw his first military action in Cuba as a reporte... Read more

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Sandhurst
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sandhurst village, Bracknell Forest, S central England. It is the site...British army officer-training school, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The original Sandhurst school, the Royal Military College, merged with the Royal Military...
Hussein ibn Talal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...attended primary and secondary schools in Amman, Egypt, and England, after which he was a student at Britain's Sandhurst. At Sandhurst he learned military principles and attitudes that helped in future years with his own Jordan Arab Army, which...
military geology
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...Academy, Woolwich, from 1848 to 1868; T. Rupert Jones to cadets of the infantry and cavalry at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1858 to 1870; and Jones also to officers at the Staff College, Camberley, until 1882. Publications by R. B. Smith...
Ruxton, George (Augustus) Frederick
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Ruxton, George [Augustus] Frederick (1820–48), English adventurer, after education at Sandhurst, service in the Carlist civil war in Spain, and British army experience in Canada joined some mountain men of the American Far...
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Churchill and grandson of the 7th duke of Marlborough. His mother was the American heiress Jennie Jerome. Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, he served with the 4th Hussars in Cuba, Malakand, Tirah, and Sudan (1895–8) and rode in the lancers' charge...
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...failing to pass the Indian civil service examination, he succeeded in passing the examination for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. Allenby was commissioned in the army in 1882 and sent with his unit to South Africa, too late for the battle of Majuba...
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...following the norms of his class. He went to preparatory school, then to Harrow (1888), then to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He was neither happy nor successful at school. Winston idolized his mother, but his relations with his father, who died...
Archibald Percival Wavell
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...As a student, he developed a well-disciplined and comprehensive intellectual ability. When he was 17 he passed on to Sandhurst; a year later he was commissioned into the Black Watch. In 1901 he was sent to South Africa, where he served as a subaltern...
Russell, Eric Frank (1905-1978)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...ideas and data of Charles Fort ; British representative of the Fortean Society. Russell was born on January 6, 1905, at Sandhurst, Surrey, England. He spent his early years at military bases abroad before returning to England, where he had a scientific...
Frimley and Camberley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Frimley and Camberley town (1991 pop. 46,120), Surrey, S England. It is in an area that has important military installations. The Royal Staff College and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst are there.

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Sandhurst
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Sandhurst Royal Military Academy a training college at Camberley...an amalgamation of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in Berkshire, which was established in 1799 and moved to Sandhurst in 1812, and the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich...
Sullivan, (Sir) Arthur (Seymour)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Seymour) ( b Lambeth, 1842; d Westminster, 1900). Eng. composer, conductor, and organist. Son of Irish bandmaster at Sandhurst. Chorister, Chapel Royal, 1854. First comp., an anthem, pubd. 1855. First holder of Mendelssohn Scholarship, RAM...
Royal Military Academy
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Royal Military Academy see Sandhurst .
Sullivan, Sir Arthur
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...x2013;1900). Sullivan was born in Lambeth Walk (London), son of a professional musician at one time bandmaster at Sandhurst. Blessed with a fine voice, Sullivan was a chorister at the Chapel Royal. In 1856 he won the Mendelssohn scholarship and...
Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...1891, d. 16 June 1969). British field marshal Born in London, and educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he served in France in World War I, and later in the Baltic and India. In World War II, he was in command of the British...
Lugard, Frederick Dealtry, Baron Lugard of Abinger
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...British colonial administrator Born in Madras, India, he was educated at Rossall School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He gained an army commission in 1878, and having served in various countries, he joined the British East Africa Company...
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...1874, the elder son of Lord Randolph Churchill . His mother was the American heiress Jennie Jerome. Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, he served with the 4th Hussars and rode in the lancers' charge at Omdurman . Between 1899 and 1900 he was a war correspondent...
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...in Bemersyde, Berwickshire, he was educated at Clifton College, then moved on to Oxford and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the Royal Hussars in 1895, and first saw active service in the Sudan. He also served in the South African...
Gowon, Yakubu
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Pankshim, he was a graduate of Zaria Government College and joined the Nigerian army. He attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst (UK) and Camberley Staff College, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel in 1963. Not implicated in the coup of 15 January...
Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...London, but brought up in Tasmania until 1901, he attended St Paul's School (London), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1908, and served in India, before seeing action in Belgium and France during...

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Prince Charles 'saved career of Sandhurst commander' High-level phonecalls and a letter from Clarence House after breach of security
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/15/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...the job of the commanding officer of Sandhurst after a serious security breach when...General Andrew Ritchie, the commandant of Sandhurst, and to say that he thought it would...after a fake bomb was smuggled into Sandhurst by a newspaper reporter, who claimed...
Sandhurst take a point off the league leaders.
Newspaper article from: Mansfield Chad (Mansfield, England); 11/13/2007; 556 words ; Sandhurst quickly put behind them the loss of assistant...sprang the offside trap on 28 minutes, this after Sandhurst had started the brighter of the two sides. But within 10 minutes Sandhurst were level when man of the match Cliff Clarke...
Our men at Sandhurst
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/19/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Straits Times 12-19-2002 Our men at Sandhurst Byline: Hisham Harun Edition: The City...STF) - Mej Johnny Lim pays tribute to Sandhurst, his alma mater - where tough training...structure of The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst would have such an impact on any soldier...
Sandhurst Securities Ltd. opens for business in New York.
PR Newswire; 1/29/1986; 700+ words ; ...a fact this week with the opening of Sandhurst Securities Ltd., a multi-faceted...member of the Chartwell Financial Group, Sandhurst has its offices at 150 East 58th Street...SIPC and MSRB. Each office, including Sandhurst's New York City headquarters, will...
Catholic Education Office Sandhurst Increases Network Efficiency with Xirrus 802.11n.
Business Wire; 2/2/2009; 700+ words ; ...Deployed at the Educational Offices of the Sandhurst Diocese to Improve Worker Accessibility...Arrays at the Catholic Education Office Sandhurst (CEO), which oversees the schools of the Sandhurst Catholic Diocese, Australia. The Catholic...
Sandhurst sergeant charged over crash death of policeman.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/15/2006; 700+ words ; Byline: PAUL SIMS AN INSTRUCTOR at Sandhurst, the military academy where Princes...was killed. Graham, who has worked at Sandhurst for 22 years, was last night charged...this week, Prince Harry graduated from Sandhurst. The Queen and Prince Charles were at...
Sandhurst see off Linby.
Newspaper article from: Mansfield Chad (Mansfield, England); 10/2/2007; 497 words ; SANDHURST achieved three very good points against...position to tuck the ball home.with Sandhurst looking rather perplexed. Linby grew...for a fine save from McCormack in the Sandhurst goal. Sandhurst then had a good 10...
SANDHURST CADET IN SEVEN-MILE YOMP TO HIS DEATH.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 7/16/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...endurance march at the world- famous Sandhurst Military Academy, Berkshire. He clung...January. Meanwhile yesterday, another Sandhurst officer cadet was admitted to hospital...comforted by Army welfare officers. Sandhurst spokesman Major Iain Park- Weir said...
SECRETS OF HARRY'S SANDHURST.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 5/6/2005; 700+ words ; ...Harry will be driven through the gates of Sandhurst to begin his much-heralded 11-month...former Cadet Sam Olsen, who attended Sandhurst in 1999 prior to joining the Queen...position to reveal the truth about life at Sandhurst. "The minute the parents leave, the...
UAE Sandhurst Association launched.
News Wire article from: WAM - United Arab Emirates News Agency; 5/13/2009; 595 words ; ABU DHABI, 13 May (WAM) - The UAE Sandhurst Association was be launched at the British...Commandment of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) Major General D.J. Rutherford...civilian fields. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), commonly known simply as Sandhurst...