History GCSE
Local depots
What Local depots means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Local depots
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Establishments created by the Localisation of the Forces Act (1872) where recruits received standardised basic training before joining regiments.
Topics that use Local depots
- Option 12: c1700–c1900: Warfare and British society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - 1 The nature of warfare (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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