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Aldershot

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Al·der·shot  (ôldr-sht)
A municipal borough of south-central England southwest of London. It is the site of a large military training center. Population: 58,100.

Aldershot [ˈɔːldəˌʃɒt]
n
(Placename) a town in S England, in Hampshire: site of a large military camp. Pop.: 51 356 (1991)


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Come with me to Aldershot next week, and I will show you that those who say that we have no army are ignorant alarmists.
Guns were in rapid transit from Windsor, Portsmouth, Aldershot, Woolwich-- even from the north; among others, long wire-guns of ninety- five tons from Woolwich.
And that put Harris in mind of a friend of his, who had been in the Volunteers, and who had slept out under canvas one wet night down at Aldershot, "on just such another night as this," said Harris; and he had woke up in the morning a cripple for life.
 
 
 
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