The equivalent in the British Army was the Staff College, Camberley and the equivalent in the Royal Navy was the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich.

Ramslade House was built as suburban-style villa in 1840 and then substantially re-modelled by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Mackenzie in 1895.

[1] The house became the headquarters for Second Tactical Air Force in 1943 during the Second World War.

The final transfer came on 1 April 1994 when the Staff College was transferred to Personnel and Training Command but this arrangement was short-lived as the College closed on 1 January 1997 when RAF staff training responsibilities were transferred to the newly established Joint Services Command and Staff College[3] which was initially located on the same site at Bracknell but later moved to Shrivenham.

Defence Estates disposed of the site in 2004, selling it to English Partnerships, a regeneration agency.