Aldershot
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Aldershot is a town in Hampshire, UK. Aldershot is known as the Home of the British Army, a connection which led to its rapid growth from a small village to a Victorian town.
Conan Doyle in Aldershot
Cricket
Arthur Conan Doyle played cricket in Aldershot :
- Aldershot District v. Incogniti (15-16 may 1899)
- Aldershot District First Army Corps v. M.C.C. (26-27 june 1903)
- M.C.C. and Ground v. 1st Army Corps (MCC 1903) (26-27 june 1903)
Family
- 31 august 1907 : Jean Leckie and Arthur Conan Doyle visited Innes Doyle at Aldershot for Sports Day.
In Conan Doyle's fictions
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (1892) : Holmes and Watson were not far from Aldershot on their trip to Winchester. (COPP, 217)
- The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1893) : Sherlock Holmes investigated the death of Colonel Barclay at Aldershot. (CROO, 53)
