Royal Military College, Sandhurst

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The Royal Military College, Sandhurst is the British Army’s premier officer training academy, renowned for producing many of the United Kingdom’s most prominent military and political leaders.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf military academy
officer training college
controlledBy War Office
country United Kingdom
established 1801
hasAdmissionType officer cadet selection
hasAffiliation British monarchy
hasAlternativeName RMC Sandhurst
Sandhurst
hasAlumni Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
Field Marshal Harold Alexander
Ian Fleming
King Hussein of Jordan
Sir John Moore (as namesake of Moore Barracks and associated traditions)
Winston Churchill
hasBuildingStyle 19th-century military architecture
hasCampusType military base
hasColor dark blue
scarlet
hasDressCode service dress uniform
hasNickname The Shop (historical nickname used by officers)
hasParadeGround Old College Square
hasReligiousFacility Royal Memorial Chapel
locatedIn England
Sandhurst, Berkshire
United Kingdom
mergedInto Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
motto Serve to Lead
notableFor producing political leaders
producing senior British military leaders
training British Army officers
training foreign military officers
training officers from Commonwealth countries
opened 1812
operatedBy British Army
ownedBy Crown Estate
partOf British Army Officer Training System
predecessor Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
primaryLanguage English
regionServed Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom
replacedBy Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
successor Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
trainingFocus leadership development
military discipline
physical training
tactics and fieldcraft

Referenced by (79)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Abdullah II of Jordan ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Archibald Sinclair ("Sandhurst")
Bernard Montgomery
Brian Horrocks
Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ("Royal Military College Sandhurst")
Chris Bonington ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Claude Auchinleck
Colin Clive ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
David Niven
Douglas Haig
Frederick Browning
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Hastings Ismay
Henry Maitland Wilson
Henry Rawlinson
Henry William Frederick Albert
Ian Fleming
Iskander Mirza
James Busby
James Hillier Blount ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
King Hussein of Jordan ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Lord Gort
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Oliver Leese ("Royal Military College Sandhurst")
Oswald Mosley
Prince Faisal bin Hussein ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Prince Hamzah bin Hussein ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Prince Hashim bin Hussein ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Reginald Dyer
Reginald Dyer
Richard McCreery ("Royal Military College Sandhurst")
Roy Urquhart
Roy Urquhart
Sholto Douglas ("Royal Military College Sandhurst")
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
William Marshall (British Army officer)
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
educatedAt
Alfonso XII of Spain ("Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst")
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander
Lord Wavell
Monty
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Talal of Jordan ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
William Birdwood
education
Old College Square ("Royal Military College Sandhurst")
Royal Memorial Chapel ("Royal Military College Sandhurst")
Royal Memorial Chapel ("Sandhurst")
locatedIn
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
replacedBy
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ("RMC Sandhurst")
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ("Sandhurst")
hasAlternativeName
Camberley ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Camberley ("Sandhurst")
locatedNear
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
mergedInto
The Shop (historical nickname used by officers)
The Shop (historical nickname used by officers) ("Sandhurst")
refersTo
Sir John Moore ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
associatedWith
British Army officer ranks ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
commissionedFrom
Berkshire ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
containsMilitaryAcademy
Berkshire, England ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
containsMilitaryFacility
Royal Memorial Chapel ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
hasCategory
Camberley ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
hasNearbyMilitaryInstitution
Sir John Moore ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
hasSignificantPlace
British Army ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
hasTrainingInstitution
Royal Memorial Chapel ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
isPartOf
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
militaryTraining
Old College Square ("Sandhurst campus")
partOf
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
predecessorOf
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
successor
British Indian Army ("Royal Military College, Sandhurst (for many officers)")
trainingLocation
Royal Memorial Chapel ("Royal Military College Sandhurst")
usedBy
The Shop (historical nickname used by officers) ("Royal Military College at Sandhurst")
usedFor
Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command ("Royal Military Academy Sandhurst")
worksWith

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