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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]
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]
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
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]
His plan for the Chatham lines, drawn by Joseph Heath and dated 1755, is kept at the British Museum. [9] Also in 1802–11, prisoners, mostly convicts from St Mary's Island, [7] were set to work on extending the tunnels and creating vast underground stores and shelters, new magazines, barracks, gun batteries and guardrooms. More than 50 smooth ...
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.
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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]