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...tured in a wide range of colours to enhance branch or regimental esprit de corps, they can be rolled up and stuffed into a pocket without damage and they ca ...wmen, and the [[Royal Tank Regiment|British Tank Corps]] (later Royal Tank Corps) adopted the headdress as early as 1918. German AFV crews in the late 1930s

...better train soldiers. Several of his military books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training in his African years, were also read by boys. ...he men for military service. Although Baden-Powell did not form this cadet corps himself, and there is no evidence that he took much notice of them during t

...ing in a youth movement which very much resembled a kind of military cadet corps, but which did not have the aim of creating future soldiers, but simply cre ...he main gym, additional space was needed for weekly Leadership Corps/Drill Corps training sessions, weekly pipe band practices, as well as occasional campin

...s based on his boyhood experiences, his experience with the Mafeking Cadet Corps during the Second Boer War at the Siege of Mafeking, and on his experimenta ...1899). These books were military manuals used by the British Army to train Reconnaissance scouts. At Mafeking, Baden-Powell recruited and trained boys aged 12-15 as

...based on his boyhood experiences, his experience with the [[Mafeking Cadet Corps]] during the Second Boer War at the [[Siege of Mafeking]], and on his exper ...or Boys'' (1908) is Baden-Powell's rewrite of his earlier military books ''Reconnaissance and Scouting'' (1884) and ''Aids to Scouting for NCO's and Men'' (1899). Th

...the 1880s and 1890s. Since his boyhood, he was fond of [[woodcraft]] and [[reconnaissance|military scouting]], and therefore – as part of their training – showed ...ilitary duties and kept the boys occupied during the long siege. The Cadet Corps performed well, helping in the defense of the town (1899–1900), and were