Old College Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The archives contain records of the academy and its predecessors.
Old college royal military academy sandhurst. The sovereign s parade at the royal military academy in sandhurst marks the passing out following the completion of a year s intensive training of 162 officer cadets from the uk and 25 from 20 overseas countries. During training all officer cadets learn to live by the academy s motto. The sandhurst trust old college the royal military academy sandhurst camberley surrey gu15 4pq 44 0 1276 412000. It also maintains the archive of the current academy which was established in 1947.
Old college at the royal military academy sandhurst this was built for the original royal military college completed in 1812 to the design of the famous architect james wyatt link its completion coincided with the battle of salamanca in which wellington s army finally destroyed the legend of french invincibility so brilliantly confirmed three years later at waterloo. At the royal military academy sandhurst you will conduct training designed to make you an effective leader of soldiers. The royal military college sandhurst 1799 1939 and the royal military academy woolwich 1741 1939. Military training is infantry based so that everyone no matter what their eventual regiment or corps will have mastered the core essentials before they go on to more specialised training after sandhurst.
The royal military academy sandhurst was formed in 1947 on the site of the former royal military college at sandhurst from a merger between the royal military academy in woolwich which trained officers for the royal artillery and royal engineers from 1741 to 1939 and the royal military college 1802 to 1939. The sandhurst trust old college the royal military academy sandhurst camberley surrey gu15 4pq 44 0 1276 412000. The royal military academy sandhurst rmas is where all officers in the british army are trained to take on the responsibility of leading their soldiers.