two older brothers were baptised there. The great west window is a memorial to 53 men of the parish who died in World War I. Although not a military church, Holy Trinity has strong connections with the Army. During World War II it served the men of the Canadian Army Overseas, whose chaplains conducted services for the troops who were quartered in Wellington Lines, Aldershot. It became traditional for drafts who were leaving Aldershot to join the forces overseas to hold a communion service in this church before being deployed. On the Albert Road stands the current Church hall, which replaced an earlier iron hall on the same site. The new building was named the Galpin Hall in memory of the Reverend Eric C Galpin MA, vicar of Holy Trinity from 1952 to 1966, who died a few months after taking early retirement due to ill health. In May 1992 thieves stole the church safe containing £4,000 worth of communion plates and chalices. However, the next day two men handed it back saying it was “too hot to handle”. Two months later two men were charged with stealing the silverware. Since 1999 the parish priest has been the Rev. Sir George Peter Howgill Newton, 4th Baronet of The Wood and Kottingham House. In 2017 the church was put on the Heritage at Risk Register. Gallery References External links Holy Trinity Church Facebook page Holy Trinity, Aldershot – The National Archives Windows at Holy Trinity, Aldershot – Hampshire Church Windows database 19th-century Church of England church buildings Aldershot Aldershot Buildings and structures in Aldershot Churches in Aldershot