Mark Reckons (Free subscription) | yesterday
My wife and I attended a Remembrance Sunday service this morning here in Sandhurst in the Memorial Park. It was very well attended and included officers from the nearby military academy as well as soldiers including members of the Gurkhas and many others. The part of the service that always gets me is " When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. "...
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... at the University of Reading before completing his army training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. During his army career, he had served in Iraq in 2008 where he volunteered to serve with Recce Patrol. He then joined “F” Company in London for ceremonial duties at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. He took part in the State Opening of Parliament and Trooping...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
... note in which Prince William recalled the deaths in 2007 of Jo Dyer, with whom he had trained at Sandhurst, and Major Alexis Roberts, his platoon commander during training. Baroness Thatcher wiped a tear from her eye, as she observed the ceremony from the warmth of the Foreign and Commonwealth office. Standing in Whitehall, RAF Sgt Dom Benfell, 40, thought both of his friends who died in...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... a commission in the Grenadier Guards. He was a contender to become the academy sergeant major at Sandhurst training college. He leaves a pregnant wife, Sheenie, and three children from a previous marriage. She said: "I am devastated. Our unborn son will never meet his father, but he will know him through his legacy." Chant was praised by Lance Corporal Scott Blaney, whom Chant...
Laci the Dog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I have to admit to never being a gunner, but we did fire one of these when I was at Sandhurst. Great fun. I am not sure what American gun cretins hope to do when they encounter a well-armed foe; especially one who can lob a missile a distance of 60 Km with pin point accuracy and has IR sensors.
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Derry Reverend slams Carr I’m with the Reverend on this, its Fire & Brimstone for you Car! I tell you what would be funny, seeing Car on You Tube having his head cut of, now that would be a good laugh! IRA planned to bomb Sandhurst military academy Well this is not some amazing revelation is it, that’s what the IRA did. Its like saying The Labour Party planned to destroy the...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... to become the most senior NCO in the Army - Academy Sergeant Major at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. His reputation as a courageous soldier was enhanced by the revelation that he saved the life of a Grenadier Guardsman whose leg had been blown off after an explosion in Helmand. Related LinksMultimedia “Drill sergeant Daz Chant put me on his shoulders and ran more than a mile to the...
Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... he was being promoted to captain on the day he died. He had trained princes William and Harry at Sandhurst and was set to return to the military academy on his return from Afghanistan.Gulbuddin fled after the attack, in a secure compound near Nad Ali in Helmand, and was reportedly welcomed by the with flowers. British special forces from the SAS and Special Boat Service are hunting him.The...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... to a report of a suspicious vehicle found the bodies of the three victims in 11400 block of Sandhurst about 9 p.m. on Oct. 24. Each had been shot at least once.Two of the victims were found sitting in the cab of white Dodge pickup parked on the side of the street. The third man was found lying on the ground beside the truck.Anyone with information on McFarland's whereabouts is urged to contact...
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Thursday marks five years since General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan was named Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. He is currently also Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. He was born in 1961 and is the third son of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. He received formal education in the UAE and England and graduated from Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in 1979. In November 2004,...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Supreme Court Justice Obono Olo told the Associated Press by telephone that Mann and his accomplices would be freed later on Tuesday morning. He said President Teodoro Obiang Nguema gave them "a full pardon for humanitarian reasons".Mann, a former special forces officer who attended Britain's prestigious Eton school and the Sandhurst military academy, was arrested along with 67 South African...
