[1] The foundation stone for the building was laid by General the Duke of Connaught, the General Officer Commanding Aldershot Command, on 28 March 1894.

[2] The building, which was designed by Thomas Jerome in the Victorian style as the military headquarters for Aldershot Command, was built by Martin Wells & Co and completed in 1895.

[3] It subsequently went on to become the military headquarters for a succession of military formations: for Aldershot Area within South Eastern Command in February 1941, for Aldershot District within Southern Command in September 1944, for South-East District in 1967, for Southern District in 1992 and finally for 4th Division in 1995.

[4] After 4th Division was disbanded in 2012, the building was briefly used by Regional Command until it moved to modern facilities at Montgomery House in May 2014.

[2] The Military Headquarters Building was refurbished by Millgrove Construction to provide a neighbourhood centre for the Wellesley Project,[5] a major residential development by Grainger plc, in 2016.