The Second Boer War of 1899-1902 exposed weakness and inefficiency in the British Army and demonstrated how isolated Britain was from the rest of the world.
In 1900, Imperial Germany began to build a battlefleet and industrial growth had already made it challenge Britain's economic lead in Europe.
Administrative districts[1] were recommended to be responsible for organisation to leave commanders of field units free to train for war.
King Edward VII welcomed the Report and successfully urged the Arthur James Balfour's government to accept its recommendations.
Without the Esher Report... it is inconceivable that the mammoth British military efforts of two world wars could have been possible, let alone so generally successful.