Legacy
In memory of this victory, Handel composed his Dettingen Te Deum and Dettingen Anthem.
The two parties had agreed before the battle that the sick and wounded who fell into the hands of the enemy would be cared for and not considered prisoners of war. When the allies retreated, they left behind most of their wounded and the French respected the agreement, a precursor of the Geneva Convention.
Dettingen has since 1947 been the name of one of the training companies at the British Army's officer training academy. In recent years it has been the training unit for short courses (for example the Territorial Army Officers' Commissioning Courses) run at the Academy. Additionally, it is the name of 4 (Dettingen) Troop at Army Training Regiment Winchester.
Dettingen House at Deepcut is the Headquarters of The Royal Logistic Corps, and houses the Museum of Army Logistics.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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