Chatham Naval Memorial
A look around and from the Chatham Naval Memorial, standing on the Great Lines close to the Chatham/Gillingham border in the Medway borough within north Kent. The music is Vaughan-Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves.
War Memorial : Chatham Naval Memorial
Chatham Naval Memorial is a large obelisk situated in the town of Chatham, Kent, which is in the Medway Towns. The memorial is a feature of the Great Lines Heritage Park. The huge expanse of the Great Lines was in its own right a layer of defence to protect Chatham Dockyard from attack.Chatham was a principal manning port of the Royal Navy during the First World War and thus was dedicated as the site of one of three memorials to sailors, airmen and marines of the Royal Navy who lost their lives during the conflict but who have no known grave.The other memorials were situated at Portsmouth and Plymouth. The obelisks were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer.Chatham Naval Memorial originally contained 8,515 names. They include two Victoria Cross recipients, Skipper Thomas Crisp (Merchant Marine), and Major Francis John William Harvey (Royal Marines Light Infantry),besides poet Flight Commander Jeffery Day (Royal Naval Air Service) and England rugby international, Surgeon James (Bungy) Watson.
After the Second World War and its consequent loss of life, the decision was made to expand the three memorials and so the Chatham Naval Memorial was created from the 'Chatham Obelisk' and was given a surround designed by Sir Edward Maufe which contains 10,098 additional names from the later conflict. The surround is also made of Portland Stone, with bronze plaques. It has two pavilions; north and south which look out towards Chatham. Along the surround are four Portland Stone statues of sailors.
Chatham Naval War Memorial, lit by the fading sunset
Commemoratees from the Second World War include posthumous Victoria Cross recipient Captain Edward Fegen and war artist Eric Ravilious.
The Grade II listed memorial is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Places to see in ( Chatham - UK )
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Chatham is one of the Medway towns located within the Medway unitary authority, in North Kent, in South East England. Chatham Dockyard closed in 1984, but major naval buildings remain as the focus for a flourishing tourist industry.
Following closure, part of the site became a commercial port, other parts were redeveloped for business and residential use, and part became the Chatham Historic Dockyard museum, which features the submarine HMS Ocelot among a good many other attractions. Chatham also has military connections; several Army barracks were located here, together with 19th-century forts which provided a defensive shield for the dockyard. Brompton Barracks, located in the town of Chatham , remains the headquarters of the Corps of Royal Engineers.
The town of Chatham has important road links and the railway and bus stations are the main interchanges for the area. Chatham is the administrative headquarters of Medway unitary authority, as well as its principal shopping centre.
Chatham is situated where the lower part of the dip slope of the North Downs meets the River Medway which at this point is flowing in a south-north direction. This gives the right bank, where the town stands, considerable advantages from the point of view of river use.
The Chatham Naval Memorial commemorates the 18,500 officers, ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy who were lost or buried at sea in the two world wars. It stands on the Great Lines, the escarpment ridge between Chatham and Gillingham. The Grade II listed building Chatham Town Hall was built in 1900; it stands in the Brook, and is of a unique architectural design. With the town being part of Medway conurbation, it took on a new role as an arts centre. In 1996, it became the Brook Theatre. The Pentagon Centre stands in the town centre and serviced the old bus station that was closed in 2011. Chatham Waterfront bus station opened in October 2011, replacing the town's previous Pentagon bus station which was built in the 1970s and was considered an unwelcoming environment for passengers.
The Medway, apart from Chatham Dockyard, has always had an important role in communication: historically it provided a means for the transport of goods to and from the interior of Kent. Chatham's position on the road network began with the building of the Roman road (Watling Street, which passed through the town. Turnpike trusts were established locally, so that the length from Chatham to Canterbury was turnpiked in 1730; and the Chatham to Maidstone road (now the A230) was also turnpiked before 1750. Chatham is the hub of the Medway Towns.
Chatham railway station, opened in 1858, serves both the North Kent and the Chatham Main Lines, and is the interchange between the two lines. It lies in the valley between the Fort Pitt and the Chatham Tunnels. Part of the industrial railway in what is now Chatham Historic Dockyard is still in operation, run by the North Kent Industrial Locomotive Society.
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Fort Amherst Chatham Historic walk
Fort Amherst, in Medway, South East England, was constructed in 1756 at the southern end of the Brompton lines of defence to protect the southeastern approaches to Chatham Dockyard and the River Medway against a French invasion. Fort Amherst is now open as a visitor attraction throughout the year with tours provided through the tunnel complex.
Brompton St Barbara the garrison church is in Maxwell Road Gillingham. It serves the nearby Army Barracks and the Royal School of Military Engineering. Brompton Barracks has been home to the Royal Engineers since 1812 and now includes the Royal Engineers Museum.
The church dates from 1854 and has been designated a grade II listed building by English Heritage.
Chatham Naval memorial
Overlooking the town of Chatham in Kent is the Chatham Naval Memorial. It commemorates more than 8,500 Royal Navy personnel of the First World War and over 10,000 of the Second World War who were lost or buried at sea.
More than 45,000 men and women lost their lives while serving with the Royal Navy during the First World War. After the Armistice, the naval authorities and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission were determined to find an appropriate way to commemorate naval personnel who had no grave.
Royal Engagements - Chatham Naval Visit - 1948
The King recently visited the Naval Establishments at Chatham.
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U.L.P Investigators Photo Collection Of Haunted Gillingham
The Lower Lines Park & Great Lines
Walking Around Gillingham
Starts off at an apparently haunted railway. SORRY FOR THE QUALITY AND THE BLACK PART NEAR THE END.. I PUT MY PHONE IN MY POCKET WITHOUT PAUSING IT.
Submarine U 475 'Black Widow' in Chatham
Little trip to Chatham, Kent and find a relic from the Cold War!
Chatham Dockyard | Kent | A Town Called..| 1977
The town of Chatham and its historic dockyard that was key to the Royal Navy.
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Bus Tragedy Funeral (1951)
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Funeral of 3 of the 24 cadets killed by a bus whilst marching at night. Gillingham, Kent.
M/S of first coffin leaving catholic church Our Lady of Gillingham. C/U of the church sign. M/S as the second coffin leaves the church, they are borne by men of the Royal Marines. Various shots of the mourners standing outside. M/S as the third coffin is put in the hearse. Various shots of mourners leaving the church and choirboys following with candles. C/U small cadet saluting. The funeral procession makes its way down the road past crowds lining the street. M/S Union Jack flag at half-mast.
M/S of choirboys and clergymen walking in procession through the cemetery. Camera pans to marines carrying the coffins. M/S as coffins are placed in their graves. Various shots of the graveside service. M/S of children by gravestones. C/U's crosses bearing the names 'Cunningham, James Francis', 'Walker, K' and 'Murphy, Laurence Peter'. C/U woman blessing graves with Holy Water.
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Exploring the lower lines Gillingham
The Lower Lines
Entrance to park from Johnson Avenue.
This ditch is part of the Napoleonic Ditch running from Fort Amherst to St Mary's Creek. This last section (the Lower Lines) was built in 1755. When the park opened in 2010, the lines were repaired.
Built in 1804, as an extension of the 'Chatham Lines' (built in 1755). They are large deep ditches with brick lined walls (similar to the upgraded Fort Amherst fortifications)
It is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
In June 1808, after an act of parliament was passed, a road from Gillingham heading north towards St Mary's Island was closed, for the building of the Lower Lines.
Afterwards in the 1800s, the Lower Lines were used to train the Royal Engineer sappers, including mining, removing defence foundations and escalading.
In the 1930s, several tunnels and underground shelters were built into the land. Some accounts record they were built by Cornish tin miners. The tunnels and rooms are 80–100 feet below ground, they then became the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, during the Second World War. The headquarters were enhanced by the 'Francois Cementation Co Ltd', the same company that later built the Ramsgate Tunnel war shelters.
The lines fortifications were also used to site several anti-aircraft guns positions. Some of the remains of these positions still remain in the park with new visitor information panels.
Along Medway Road, surviving concrete pimple anti-tank obstacles can be found in the Inner Lines. They are now Grade II listed.
In 1963, Captain J. S. M. Richardson DSO RN (Rtd) was invited to set up a Royal Naval Reserve Headquarters Unit in Chatham. It used the underground bunker. As a Commander RNR, he had served as the first Commanding Officer of HMS Wildfire - a name long associated with Sheerness Naval Base. The Unit was commissioned on 10 September 1964 with 13 Officers and 39 Ratings. They had to improve the structure which had not been looked after very well since the wartime period. The Unit used the communications/ exchange area which was improved along with the plotting area. Other ancillary rooms were converted into offices and classrooms. The Unit's primary function was a training facility.
The tunnels and Headquarters remained in use until 1983, with the closure of Chatham Naval Base and HMS Wildfire moved to
Later, the tunnels were damaged when a fire broke out soon after their closure. Access to them has proved difficult due to the poor air quality within the complex.Due to the creation of the park they were sealed to protect the tunnels from further damage.
In December 2008, the government announced a further £2m of investment from its Parklands fund, to be invested in pathways, lighting, entrances and a pedestrian bridge connecting the Great Lines to Fort Amherst. Then MidKent College, who built a new campus on part of the Lower Lines, gave £7million to the Heritage Park to improve the Lower Lines. The Lower Lines Park is 5.5 hectares of the open land linked to the Lines fortifications. It has been re-developed with new signs, paths, planting areas, children play area and wildlife trail.
In January 2010 the park was opened to the public. On 2 June 2010, it was officially opened to the public by Admiral Sir Ian Garnett with the Mayor of Medway, Cllr David Brake, project director for the construction of MidKent College's Medway Campus and the Lower Lines Park, Jane Jones, and Chairman of the Park's Charitable Trust, John Spence. The ceremony was also attended by local sea cadets who performed a guard of honour.
The Lower Lines Trust are the managers of the Park maintenance and development. The 'Friends of the Admiral’s Garden' is a voluntary group who look after the Lower Lines Park. Lower Lines Park is accessible at all times.
Visit to Royal Engineers, Brompton Barracks
On the 17th of January, the Royal Engineers at Brompton Barracks invited Jama'at Gillingham to give a presentation on the true teachings of Islam.
Among the participants were: Shahid Khan, Safir Bhatti, Azhar Ahmedi, Zaffar Ginai and Muddassar Nawaz.
RM Cadets Chatham Bus Disaster 1951
It was a dark and foggy evening on a chilly winters evening in 1951, and a company of Royal Marines Cadets were marching to watch a boxing match.
Out of the gloom came a bus which drove into them, with 24 cadets never reaching their destination. This video is the VCC's tribute to our fellow cadets whose all too short lives are remembered to this day.
The Chatham RM Cadets are today part of the Sea Cadet Corps, but back in the 1950s they were part of the VCC.
Chatham Historic Dockyard Kent
Chatham Dockyard covered 400 acres (1.6 km²) and was one of the Royal Navy's main facilities for several hundred years until it was closed in 1984. After closure the dockyard was divided into three sections. The easternmost basin was handed over to Medway Ports and is now a commercial port. Another slice was converted into a mixed commercial, residential and leisure development. 80 acres (324,000 m²), comprising the 18th century core of the site, was transferred to a charity called the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and is now open as a visitor attraction. It claims to be the world’s most complete dockyard of the Age of Sail.
3 historic warships:
HMS Gannet (1878)
HMS Cavalier (R73)
HMS Ocelot (S17)
The Ropery: a Grade I listed building,[2] Georgian and Victorian rope factory.
Wooden Walls: a recreation of the working life of the dockyard in 1758, centred on the construction of HMS Valiant.
Steam, Steel and Submarines: tells the story of Chatham Dockyard and the Royal Navy’s use of the River Medway in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Lifeboat: a museum about the work of the RNLI which has 17 historic vessels.
3 Slip – The BIG Store: Originally a covered slipway, now a display of large objects from the dockyard and the nearby Royal Engineers Museum.
No 1 Smithery: The structure is a Grade II listed building[3] (formerly for iron-working) and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It was restored by van Heyningen and Haward Architects and re-opened as a visitor and exhibition centre in July 2010. The new building provides dedicated storage and curatorial facilities for the National Maritime Museum and Imperial War Museums' 4,000 ship models as well as a regional Touring Exhibition Gallery, and museum quality permanent Exhibition Galleries. The first touring exhibition to be shown was Stanley Spencer's Shipbuilding on the Clyde series.
Royal Marines Band at Armed Forces Day Chatham 2011
Here is the Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth at the Beating the Retreat, Chatham Dockyard 25th June 2011. Recorded on Panasonic SDR-S26
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The Vines Gardens is a small park with a rich cultural history. With an impressive avenue of mature London Plane trees, bordering a central path known as the Broad Walk the park is a shady and tranquil spot in the centre of Rochester. The Grade II listed gardens were used by monks in the medieval times to cultivate vines and there are interpretation panels within the park with further information about the park’s origins. The park has a number of bat, bird and bee boxes, and the mature shrubberies and colourful herbaceous planting supports other wildlife. Just next to the gardens is Restoration House; the house takes its name from the stay of King Charles II on the eve of the Restoration. It is also reputed to be the inspiration for Satis House, the home of Miss Havisham, in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.
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