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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Sandhurst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Sandhurst is a small town of 22,000 inhabitants in Berkshire, close to the boundaries of Hampshire and Surrey.
Sandhurst is within easy reach of the M3 (3.4 miles) and M4 (10.3 miles) motorways, as well as the A329(M) to Reading.
It is known nationwide as the location of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (often referred to simply as "Sandhurst" or "the RMA").
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 Ronald Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar of Raith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, later 1st Viscount Novar of Raith (6 March 1860 - 30 March 1934), sixth Governor-General of Australia, was probably the most politically influential holder of this post.
He was born at his family's home near Kirkaldy in Fifeshire, Scotland, the son of a wealthy member of the British House of Commons of old Scottish descent.
He was educated at Sandhurst and pursued a military career until 1884, when he was elected to the House.
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 Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976) was a British Army officer, often referred to as "Monty".
Bernard went to St Paul's School and then the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, from which he was almost expelled for setting fire to a fellow cadet during a fight with pokers.
Viscount Montgomery Elementary was billed as "the most modern school in North America" and the largest one-storey school in Hamilton, when the sod was turned on 14 March 1951.
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 Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Basil Stanlake Brooke was born on June 9, 1888 in Colebrooke, County Fermanagh, the eldest son of Sir Arthur Douglas Brooke, 4th Baronet, whom he succeeded as 5th Baronet on the latter's death in 1907.
During his retirement he kept in close touch with politics and publicly opposed the liberal policy of his successor, Terence O'Neill, who wished for a better relationship with the Republic of Ireland and attempted to grant the civil rights demanded by Catholics.
Having been appointed CBE in 1921, Brooke was on July 1, 1952 created Viscount Brookeborough, of Colebrooke, County Fermanagh.
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 Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby - pirate-of-the-caribbean-costume.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Field Marshal Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (April 23 1861 - May 14 1936) was a British soldier and administrator most famous for his role during World War I, in which he led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the conquest of Palestine and Syria in 1917 and 1918.
After ten months at Sandhurst, he passed out twelfth and was commissioned into the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons in 1881.
Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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 RMAS: Opening of Slim Mess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Colonel The Rt Hon the Viscount Slim opened the new Royal Military Academy Officers' Mess Accommodation Block at Sandhurst on Tuesday 5 October 2004.
The new accommodation block has 101 rooms and is for the use of single or unaccompanied officers on the staff of RMAS and for students of officer status, who were previously accommodated in a variety of sub-standard rooms around the Academy.
The Viscount Slim is the son of Field Marshal the 1st Viscount Slim, who led the British and Indian Armies to victory against the Japanese in World War II.
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 Ancestors & Relatives of Dan Lee Davis - pafg1011 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Joseph HILL [Parents] was born on 17 Mar 1806 in Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, England.
John Calvert HILL was born on 14 Nov 1835 in Sandhurst Gloucs., Gloucs., England.
Joseph HILL was born on 13 Jul 1837 in Sandhurst, Glouchestershire, England.
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 Edmund Allenby
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo (April 23, 1861 - May 14, 1936) was a British soldier.
Born in Brackenhurst[?], he was educated at Haileybury College and the Royal Military College[?], Sandhurst.
The EEF then advanced at an enormous rate, encountering minimal resistance, Damascus fell on October 1, Homs on October 16, and Aleppo on October 25.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Sandhurst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Sandhurst SANDHURST [Sandhurst] village, Bracknell Forest, S central England.
Hussein I HUSSEIN I [Hussein I], 1935-99, king of Jordan; educated in England at Harrow and Sandhurst.
Sandhurst sergeant charged over crash death of policeman.
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 Sandhurst at www.thebestfinder.com - Find Businesses in Sandhurst Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Sandhurst ist eine englische Gemeinde mit etwa 22,000 Einwohnern in der Unitary Authority Bracknell Forest innerhalb to der Grafschaft Berkshire, 60 km westlich von London.
Sandhurst is to small town of 22.453 inhabitants in Berkshire, close to the boundaries of Hampshire and Surrey.
It's loss to Sandhurst was to matter of regret to many and it joined the the Fertile valleys than ace an addition to it, Sandhurst is geared for professional people working in the Fertile valleys The residential Sandhurst luxury hi-rise complex offers the best of two "Not Lost, Just Exploring" 7.50.
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 AllRefer.com - Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount, British And Irish History, Biographies
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 (1915–17) the 3d Army in France.
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 Barry Yelverton, 5th Viscount Avonmore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
He was the son of Major William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore and Emily Marianne Ashworth.
He was educated in the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.
This biography of a peer or noble of the United Kingdom, or its constituent countries, is a stub.
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 RMAS: Royal Memorial Chapel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The new enlarged building, built to commemorate those Officers who trained at Sandhurst and who were killed during World War I, was reconsecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in May 1921, although work continued on the West End until 1937.
About 4,000 people are commemorated on the interior walls and pillars and many of the memorials and artefacts in the Royal Memorial Chapel are the gift of a Corps or Regiment, of a relative, or of one of thousands of individuals.
Further information on the two Chapels and the activities of their congregations is to be found on the Chapel website.
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 Baron Sandhurst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baron Sandhurst, of Sandhurst in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
His eldest son, the second Baron, was a Liberal politician and also served as Governor of Bombay.
In 1917 he was created Viscount Sandhurst, of Sandhurst in the County of Berkshire.
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 AllRefer.com - Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
Educated at Sandhurst, he entered the army in 1908 and served in World War I. In World War II he commanded (1939–40) the 3d Division in France until the evacuation of Dunkirk.
He was made field marshal in 1944 and viscount in 1946.
He was chief of the imperial general staff from 1946 to 1948, when he became chairman of the commanders in chief in committee under the permanent defense organization of Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
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 Sandhurst at www.mysearcharea.com - Find Businesses in Sandhurst Online
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The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (commonly known ace Sandhurst) is the British Army to officer initial training RMA Sandhurst was formed in 1947, from the Royal Military Academy in Provides information about the Memorial Royal Chapel Sandhurst, the home church of generations of British Army officers trained AT RMA Sandhurst.
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 Anthony Head, 1st Viscount Head   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head, PC, MC (1906-1983) was a British Member of Parliament, peer and statesman.
Head was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
He was a career soldier, joining the King's Royal Hussars and later the Life Guards, serving through World War II and achieving the rank of Brigadier.
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 Viscount Goschen . Peerage of the United Kingdom . 1831 . 1907 . 1965   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Viscount Goschen is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Viscountcy was created in 1900 for George Goschen upon his retirement from a long political career, during which he served variously as Member of Parliament, Vice President of the Board of Trade, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, President of the Poor Law Board, Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty.
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 Crichton, HW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
CRICHTON (VISCOUNT), HENRY WILLIAM, Captain, was born 30 September 1872, son of the 4th Earl of Erne and Lady Florence Cole, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Enniskillen.
He was educated at Eton, and the RMC, Sandhurst; joined the Royal Horse Guards 5 May 1894; became Lieutenant 6 February 1895; was Adjutant, RHG, 8 December 1896 to 6 October 1899.
He served in the South African War as ADC to Major General Brocklehurst, Cavalry Brigade, Natal, 7 October 1899 to 24 January 1901; was present at the Defence of Ladysmith; operations in Natal, March to June, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to November 1900.
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 www.liberalhistory.org.uk - Viscount Thurso
In Viscount Thursos own lifetime, he was asked by the Scottish Record Office (in 1966) if he would deposit there the papers relating to his tenure of the office of Secretary of State and these papers were consequently deposited in Edinburgh early in 1972.
At the same time, Viscount Thursos son began the transfer of the residue of his late fathers papers (the 1st Viscount had died in June 1970) to Churchill College.
By the spring of 1973, Viscount Thursos secretary, Miss Cynthia Metcalf, was sorting and listing the papers that were to be deposited at Churchill College in May and September that year as Sections III and IV.
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 Search Results for "Sandhurst"
Son of a Conservative MP, Fleming was educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and Munich and Geneva universities and worked as Reuters' Moscow...
Educated at Sandhurst, he saw active service in Bechuanaland (1884-85) and Zululand (1888)...
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 Baron Sandhurst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Baron Sandhurst is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst, 2nd Baron Sandhurst (1855 - 1921)
Guy Rhys John Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst (b.
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 Munro-Ferguson, Sir Ronald Craufurd, Viscount Novar
He subsequently studied at Sandhurst, and in 1880 became a lieutenant in the grenadier guards.
In 1884 he was elected a member of the house of commons for Ross and Cromarty, but the franchise having been enlarged, he lost his seat at the 1885 election.
Munro-Ferguson left Australia in 1920 amid general regret and on his return to England was raised to the peerage as Viscount Novar.
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 Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough - Politics.ie Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
During his retirement he kept in close touch with politics and publicly opposed leadership sytle of his successor, Terence O'Neill, who wished for a better relationship with the Republic of Ireland.
He was later made a Knight of the Garter (the highest order of Chivalry in the United Kingdom) in 1965.
Brookeborough died at his home in Colebrooke on August 18, 1973 and was succeesed by John Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough.
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 SANDHURST is a parish and village in the Southern division of the county   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
SANDHURST is a parish and village in the Southern division of the county.
Lord Hothfield, Viscount Cranbrook, who is Lord of the Manor, George Frcnch Esq., J. Micklewaite, Esq,.
Sandhurst Green is in the centre of the village.
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 Maj-Gen Andrew Ritchie: 'I don't treat Harry like dirt' - The Royal Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Sandhurst, near Camberley in Surrey, is a sprawling campus of parade grounds, imperial colonnades, and imposing early 19th-century buildings flanked by cannon.
If they feel this is not for them I would rather they make that decision at Sandhurst than when they are deployed on operation in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Sandhurst never was just a finishing school for boys with a private education, but it did recruit largely from the independent sector, predominantly Wellington and Eton.
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 Alexander of Tunis, viscount of @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis, of Errigal, Co. Donegal [from 1 Mar 1946]; 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, 1st Baron Rideau of Ottawa and of Castle Derg, Co. Tyrone [from 14 Mar 1952]
The last British Governor General of Canada was born in the family of the 4th Earl of Caledon.
Commissioned in the Irish Guards in 1911, Lord Alexander was wounded twice and received several awards during World War I. By 1937 he was the youngest major-general in the British army.
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 Viscount Alexander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Viscount Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis and Baron Rideau of Ottawa, and of Castle Derg, county Tyrone
On March 1, 1946, he was elevated in the peerage as Viscount Alexander of Tunis and in December 1946 he was made a Knight of the Garter.
His funeral was held June 24, 1969, at St. Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle, and his remains are buried in the churchyard of Ridge, near Tyttenhanger, his family's Hertfordshire home.
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 Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Bernard Law Montgomery was born in the Oval House (52-54 Kennington Oval) on November 17, 1887 and educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst after which he joined the army in 1908 and served as a captain in the first world war.
In 1942 during World War II he was appointed to the British Eighth Army as Commander.
He was created a Viscount in 1946 and made Chief of the Imperial General staff.
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