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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;Aldershot&#039;&#039; 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.<br /> <br /> __TOC__<br /> <br /> <br /> == Conan Doyle in Aldershot ==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Cricket&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] played cricket in Aldershot :<br /> <br /> * [[Aldershot District v. Incogniti]] (15-16 may 1899)<br /> * [[Aldershot District First Army Corps v. M.C.C.]] (26-27 june 1903)<br /> * [[M.C.C. and Ground v. 1st Army Corps (MCC 1903)]] (26-27 june 1903)<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Family&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> * 31 august 1907 : [[Jean Elizabeth Leckie|Jean Leckie]] and [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] visited [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes Doyle]] at Aldershot for Sports Day.<br /> <br /> <br /> == In Conan Doyle&#039;s fictions ==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;In the Sherlock Holmes stories&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> * [[The Adventure of the Copper Beeches]] (1892) : Holmes and Watson were not far from Aldershot on their trip to Winchester ([[COPP]] {{refcanon|COPP|217}}).<br /> <br /> * [[The Adventure of the Crooked Man]] (1893) : [[Sherlock Holmes]] investigated the death of Colonel Barclay at Aldershot ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|53}}).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> * [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]</div>

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