Un voyage linguistique en Angleterre ou au pays de Galles avec LEC vous permet de découvrir des métropoles telles que Londres, Cardiff ou encore York… mais également des villes plus confidentielles. C’est l’une d’entre elles que notre organisme a choisi de vous décrire aujourd’hui : ensemble, mettons le cap sur Sandhurst !
Sandhurst, a town in Berkshire
Sandhurst is located in the county of Berkshire, a region you might have the pleasure of exploring during a language study trip to England. Located southwest of the UK’s capital, it is only a few dozen miles away. A town ofabout 22,000 inhabitants, Sandhurst derives its name from its sandy soils and its " hurst "—a rarely used word meaning "wood."
At the legendary Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Mais sa notoriété, Sandhurst la doit à un facteur bien particulier : la ville accueille l’une des académies militaires les plus prestigieuses de tout le pays. Son nom ? L’Académie royale militaire de Sandhurst – à appeler Royal Military Academy Sandhurst lors de son voyage linguistique en Angleterre. Celle que l’on surnomme volontiers RMA Sandhurst est l’école de formation des élèves-officiers de la British Army, branche terrestre de l’Armée du Royaume-Uni fondée dans les années 1660.
How did the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst come into being?
Currently led by Major General Patrick Marriott, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst will soon celebrate its 70th anniversary. It was founded in 1947 as a result of a merger between the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, which specialized in training officers for the Corps of Engineers and the Artillery, and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, renowned for having trained British cavalry and infantry officers for decades. Among the most famous alumni to have passed through the current academy are Winston Churchill, Ian Fleming, and even Prince Harry!