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The rest of the garrison comprises barracks, the Aldershot Military Stadium, Queen's Parade playing fields, Garrison Sports Centre and the Aldershot Centre For Health, which is a joint MoD and local authority venture. The garrison is mostly centred around the crossroads that join Queen's Avenue and Alison's Road.
Aldershot Military Museum in Aldershot Military Town in Hampshire, England, was conceived by former Aldershot Garrison commander Brigadier John Reed (1926–1992). Reed believed that it was essential to preserve the history of the military town and founded the Aldershot Military Historical Trust to raise funds for the establishment of the museum.
The Division at Aldershot. 1857 Lieutenant General Sir William Knollys [28] 1 July 1860 Lieutenant General Sir John Pennefather [29] 1 October 1865 Lieutenant General Sir James Scarlett [30] 1 November 1870 General Sir James Grant [31] 14 April 1875 General Sir Thomas Steele [32] Aldershot District Command. 1 July 1880 General Sir Daniel Lysons ...
On the outbreak of the war, the General Officer Commanding, Aldershot Command was Lieutenant-General Sir John Dill. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Within the British Army's hierarchy, the command's general officer commanding would receive orders from General Headquarters, Home Forces and would then disseminate those instructions to the units under its charge.
Malta Command existed in 1916, [5] 1917 [6] and in 1929. [7]Between 1935 and 1936 the following infantry battalions were on the Island and part of Malta Command: [8] 2nd Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment
Interior of the former museum at Aldershot (October 2007) The museum was established by a meeting of the Committee of the Parachute Regiment Association in October 1946. It was housed in various barracks until a permanent home at Browning Barracks at the Aldershot Garrison was opened by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery on 23 March 1969.
The foundation stone for the building was laid by General the Duke of Connaught, the General Officer Commanding Aldershot Command, on 28 March 1894. [2] The building, which was designed by Thomas Jerome in the Victorian style as the military headquarters for Aldershot Command, was built by Martin Wells & Co and completed in 1895.
In 1938 Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Secretary of State for War, appointed Sir Isidore Salmon as Honorary Catering Adviser for the Army. [1] Salmon produced a report recommending various reforms including the appointment of Richard Byford (a former catering manager at Trust House Hotels) as Chief Inspector of Army Catering and the creation of a school of catering at St. Omer Barracks in Aldershot ...