Footsteps across time : the evolution, use and relevance of battlefield visits to the British Armed Forces
Journal: CERES (Cranfield University)
Year: 2010

This study examines the educational use made by military forces around the&#13;\nworld, but primarily those of the United Kingdom, of visits to past battlefields.&#13;\nInvestigation suggests this practice commenced formally in Prussia and may be nearing&#13;\nits 200th anniversary; certainly the British Army’s Staff College at Camberley has been&#13;\nvisiting battlefields for educational purposes since at least 1885. To date, no extended&#13;\nacademic study of this practice has been undertake