Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (commonly known as Sandhurst) is the British Army officer training centre. The academy is prestigious and has had many famous alumni including Sir Winston Churchill. The academy lies within the Bracknell Forest district in the former county of Berkshire, but the nearest town is Camberley in Surrey. HRH Prince Henry of Wales is presently attending Sandhurst.

Organisation

In overall charge of the RMAS is the Commandant, usually an officer of Major-General rank, while the Academy's Regimental Sergeant Major is the most senior individual NCO in the British Army (only Conductors of the Royal Logistic Corps rank higher than the Academy RSM, but there can be several of them at any one time). The RMAS has courses which start in January, May and September of each year. Each intake numbers approximately 270 students, each of whom joins a company. There are a total of ten companies within the RMAS, each commanded by a Major and named after a famous battle in which the British Army has fought:

Related Topics:
Regimental Sergeant Major - Conductors - Royal Logistic Corps - January - May - September - Company

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• Blenheim Company
• Inkerman Company
• Waterloo Company
• Alamein Company
• Burma Company
• Normandy Company
• Marne Company
• Ypres Company
• Gaza Company
• Dettingen Company - the "Short Courses" mentioned above (for Professionally-Qualified Officers and so on) are operated sequentially, and are each known as "Dettingen Company".

Within a company are three platoons each of thirty officer cadets, commanded by a Captain and supported by a Colour Sergeant. Dettingen Company is divided along the same lines as the regular intakes, though smaller courses may consist of only two platoons.

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