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About the Cemetery

The cemetery or ‘Burying Ground’ appears on the earliest maps of the Royal Military College. Once it was a quiet spot set apart from the College by the high ground of Flagstaff Battery. It is still an oasis of calm among the bustle of cadets moving from place to place, overshadowed to the east by the swimming pool and gymnasium – only towards Old College is the view as it would have been.

The cemetery has been enlarged a number of times and a stroll round the headstones gives one a history of both Royal Military College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Every headstone has a story to tell and the cemetery provides a peaceful place to spend a few moments of reflection before returning to the bustle of Academy life.

There is a plan of the graveyard, and a list of names against the numbered plots, by the main entrance and as you pass through the gate you are among the former inhabitants of Tea Caddy Row – the professors and their families who followed the College from Marlow to Sandhurst when it opened and who laboured here for the rest of their lives.

Notable Burials in the College Cemetery

Plot 1 is William Steven, for thirty-five years Professor of Military Surveying and Drawing who died 30 April 1843.

At plot 6 is Frederick Timme, for twenty-eight years Professor of German, who died on 10 January 1839; buried with him is an infant daughter and Eliza, his wife. It was Eliza who was Organist to the Royal Military College for fifty-seven years until she died at the age of eighty-five on 16 March 1872.

The earliest cadet graves are at the western end, Gentleman Cadet George W. Rogers who died on 30 March 1822 at the age of sixteen being the first (plot 19) and next to him, Gentleman Cadet W.C. Brookman (plot 20) who died on 1 September 1822 at the age of seventeen. Entries in the College register give no clue to the causes, only ‘Died at half past 4 o’clock in the afternoon’ in the case of Rogers.

Plot 182 is Sergeant Major William Lendrim, VC, late Royal Engineers, late Royal Military and Staff Colleges, who served forty-six years in Her Majesty’s Service, born 1 January 1830 and died 28 November 1891.

Cemetery Restoration Project

Many of the graves at Sandhurst now need careful cleaning and repair to ensure they continue to be treated with the dignity they deserve.

We are proud to be working with the Victoria Cross Trust, whose dedicated volunteers will be onsite in April to help restore these historic resting places.

Your donation makes this work possible, helping us honour those who shaped Sandhurst’s story and preserve their legacy for future generations.

Our Heritage fund protects the history and cultural legacy of RMAS. Your donation supports: The RMAS Cemetery restoration project, plus crucial wider heritage preservation across the Academy grounds

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