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  2. Royal Engineers Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent. It tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general.

  3. List of museums in Kent - Wikipedia

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    Formerly the Museum of Kent Life, 28-acre (110,000 m 2) heritage farm, historic houses, farm and village buildings Kent Museum of Freemasonry: Canterbury: City of Canterbury: Masonic: Masonic history, paintings, glassware, porcelain, regalia Kent Police Museum: Chatham: Medway: Law enforcement: History of the Kent County Constabulary: Killick's ...

  4. Brompton, Kent - Wikipedia

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    New Brompton was the original name of Gillingham F.C. Founded in 1893 it changed its name in 1913. Brompton Barracks has been home to the Royal Engineers since 1812, and now houses the Royal Engineers Museum. The Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) is based at Brompton Barracks Brompton is also part of the Chatham Dockyard World ...

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    Royal Engineers Museum, Prince Arthur Rd, Gillingham (2) Date: 31 January 2009: Source: From geograph.org.uk; transferred by User:Magnus Manske using geograph_org2commons. Author: Nigel Chadwick: Permission (Reusing this file) Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0

  6. Royal School of Military Engineering - Wikipedia

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    The 1905 Ravelin Building now houses the InstRE and Royal Engineers Museum. At the start of World War I the Royal Engineer battalions based at Chatham were deployed to defend the local area. Immediately recruits started to arrive - in the first six weeks of the war 15,000 men arrived.

  7. Great Lines Heritage Park - Wikipedia

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    In 1862, the Royal Engineers cricket team was established, using a pitch on the lines. [8] The Great Lines was also the home training pitch of the Royal Engineers (who were winners of the 1875 FA Cup Final). [15] In 1893, New Brompton Football Club was established. This later became Gillingham Football Club. [8]

  8. John Chard - Wikipedia

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    Another memorial donated by the Royal Engineers was placed in Rochester Cathedral. [30] [31] A display at the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham, Kent, commemorates Chard's leadership at Rorke's Drift and includes the Webley Revolver he used in the battle. [32]

  9. Royal Engineers - Wikipedia

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    The Institution of Royal Engineers, the professional institution of the Corps of Royal Engineers, was established in 1875 and in 1923 it was granted its Royal Charter by King George V. The Institution is collocated with the Royal Engineers Museum, within the grounds of the Royal School of Military Engineering at Brompton in Chatham, Kent. [46]