Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Centurion AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) The 'Ravelin Building', which was designed by Major E.C.S. Moore, Royal Engineers and was completed in 1905 at a cost £40,000, [1] was originally used as electrical engineers' school before becoming the home of the museum in 1987. [2] It was classed as Grade II listed on 5 December 1996. [2]
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
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]
It later underwent restoration to make more areas accessible to the public. An attempt was made by the Royal Engineers, to convert the Fort into a display ground for their military vehicles, as an offshoot of the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham, but this was prevented by a lack of finance. [3]
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 ...
The British Army also established barracks here; and the Royal Engineers headquarters is in Gillingham. [13] The Royal Marines also have a long association with Chatham. The Chatham Division was based in Chatham until the closure of Chatham Dockyard. A museum dedicated to the Royal Marines can be found close to the dockyard at the Royal ...
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 ...
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.