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Sandhurst

American

[sand-hurst] / ˈsænd hɜrst /

noun

a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.

Sandhurst British

/ ˈsændˌhɜːst /

noun

a village in S England, in Bracknell unitary authority, Berkshire: seat of the Royal Military Academy for the training of officer cadets in the British Army. Pop: 19 546 (2001)

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He joined the military in 1999, enrolled at the UK's elite Sandhurst military academy and graduated the following year.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Prince Edward was fresh out of Sandhurst and serving as an army officer at Catterick, not far from her family home - but his mother, Princess Marina, was said to have disapproved of their relationship.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

He was commissioned from Sandhurst in August 2014 and was deployed in Europe, the Middle East, the Falklands and Africa.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

The 48-year-old lieutenant general, who trained at Sandhurst in Britain, completed a U.S.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

He’d told the Sunday Times that he had been an instructor at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, England, as well.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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