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Great
Britain had not been in conflict since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815
and the new generation of officers had never seen active service.
The lack of a cohesive fighting force for one of the main powers in
Europe was unthinkable and the matter was brought to the attention
of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
After the success of The Great Exhibition in 1851,
Albert gave the order for a major training camp to be set up on
the heath land at Chobham, under the auspices of Lord Hardinge,
in the summer of 1853.
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