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The Gillingham bus disaster occurred outside Chatham Dockyard, Kent [1] on the evening of 4 December 1951. A double-decker bus ploughed into a company of fifty-two young members of the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps , [ 2 ] aged between nine and thirteen.
Gillingham (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ l ɪ ŋ əm / ⓘ JIL-ing-əm) is a town in Kent, England, which forms a conurbation with neighbouring Chatham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. It is the largest town in the borough of Medway and in 2020 had a population of 108,785.
Pages in category "1950s in Kent" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Gillingham bus disaster; S. 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash; T.
Gillingham Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent, ... In 1950, plans were announced ... Images of England ...
Gillingham Green was a small village; [1] eventually it, too, was swallowed up, and the name of the whole settlement changed to Gillingham. Officers' houses were built within the confines of the Barracks and at Brompton where Mansion Row, Prospect Row and Garden Street now form part of the Brompton-Lines conservation area.
The highest seasonal average attendance for league matches at Priestfield since Gillingham returned to the Football League in 1950 was 12,576 in the 1951–52 season. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Gillingham's lowest seasonal average was 2,979 in the 1994–95 season, [ 60 ] [ 61 ] although Brighton recorded a lower figure of 2,328 in the 1997–98 season.
The University of Kent is a 'Lead Sponsor' of the Academy, because of its ability to help provide support for the Academy's science specialism. [7] Medway Council is the co-sponsor. [8] From 2017, Chatham Grammar School for Girls and Brompton Academy's sixth-forms have merged into one big sixth-form named the University of Kent Academies Trust ...
Garrison Ground 2 was a cricket ground in Gillingham, Kent.The ground, which has also been known as the Royal Engineers Sports Ground and simply the Garrison Ground, was used by Kent County Cricket Club for first-class and List A cricket between 1937 and 1972 and was the home ground of the Royal Engineers Cricket Club until 1961.