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25_Shorncliffe Camp.pdf
A Cartoon from the London Illustrated News showing the Foreign Legion (based at Shorncliffe Camp in the 1850's getting a telling off
A Close up of a portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, 1761-1809, in the library at Shornclifffe Camp
A Memorial to Sir John Moore erected in 1909 on East end of Sandgate Esplanade next to the old coastguard cottages
A Statue to Sir John Moore outside the Camp Library erected early 1920's
A drawing of the old wooden Huts where the soldiers were billited prior to 1900
A memorial to Sir John Moore on Sandgate Esplanade erected 1909
An aerial view of Shorncliffe Camp and Sandgate on postcard undated
An early postcard of Shorncliffe Camp entitled 'The Military Camp at Sandgate'. c1905.
An early view of Hospital Hill undated
An engraving by Newman & Co, of "Shorncliffe Camp from the South West" (Hospital Hill).
An engraving entitled "The Camp, Shorncliffe, Kent, from S E" (from Sandgate) 1850's
An engraving of Queen Victoria reviewing the Foreign Legion at Shorncliffe Camp 1855
An engraving of Sandgate from Shorncliffe Camp, 1850's
A newspaper cutting showing Sandgate Military Road and future recreation ground in foreground c1900
A photograph of officers, 2nd V Batt. Q O Royal West Kent Regiment taken by W H Jacob, Sandgate & Hythe
A postcard of the "Eddie Wood" Soldiers Institute, Military Road. opened 1901
A statue of Sir John Moore in front of the library, Shorncliffe Camp, undated
A statue of Sir John Moore on the southside of the Camp Library unveiled 1920's
A view of Somerset Barracks undated
BarracksShorncliffe
BarracksShorncliffe
Camp of the Foreign Legion Shorncliffe Kent, an engraving dating from the 1850's
Canadians in Camp (Underhill near Dibgate) c1916
Cavalry Manage, on Corner of Royal Military Avenue and North Road, now a housing estate c1910
Ceiling of Sir John Moore Library, taken 16th January 2016
Doreen Levin and her Mother in one of the practice trenches built on Shorncliffe Camp.
Drawing of a Legionary "You speak no Jarman. Bogsh I you"
Early photo of soldiers coming down Military Road c1905
Early sepia view of Shorncliffe Camp undated
Eddie Wood Institute, Military Road opened in 1901, undated
Eddy Wood Institute and Ross Barracks at top of hill, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Field Marshall Lord Robert (centre) at the opening of the "Eddy Wood" Institute, 28th October 1901
Footpaths Shorncliffe Garrison.pdf
Footpath to Artillery Barracks, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Gathering for wreath laying Sir John Moore memorial 16th January 2016
Gathering for wreath laying including Lance Corporal Dipesh Gurung at Sir John Moore Memorial Sandgate Esplanade 16th January 2016
General View of the Camp, Shorncliffe (taken from the East)
Helena Military Hospital, shown on the day it was opened July 1909. Helena Hospital was situated on Hospital Hill and was for the families of the soldiers stationed on the camp. It was demolished in the early 1970's.
Horse Training at Shorncliffe Camp with Royal Military Avenue in the background c1910
Hospital Hill . Soldiers returning from the Boer War Early 1900's
Hussars at Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Hussars at Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Lieutenant Jack Millar, Gurkha Rifles reading a poem "Far from Home" taken 16th January 2016
Major Rob Yuill, The Rifles, reads a citation to recently deceased former C O of the Rifles before laying a wreath at Sir John Moore Statue, Shorncliffe Camp on 16th January 2016
Minstrel Gallery, east end of Sir John Moore Library, photo taken 16th January 2016
Moore Barracks Shorncliffe Camp c1910 (due to be demolished 2021)
Musketry Practice, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Napoleonic re-enactors at the Redoubt c2010
New housing development at Shornecliff
New housing development at Shornecliff
New housing development at Shornecliff
Officers Mess, New housing development at Shornecliff
One of the boundary stones round Shorncliffe Camp
One of the six Labour Corps who died at Shornliffe Hospital who died during the First World War, buried at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery
Pierce Hall (left) formerly a methodist Church and Sir John Moore Library taken from the North, undated
Pipers and Band of Seaforth Highlanders, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Portrait of Sir John Moore in Sir John Moore Library Shorncliffe Camp. Photo 16th January 2016
Re-enactment by 95th Rifles et al, Shorncliffe Redoubt c2010
Re-enactor of 95th Rifles (green jackets), Sir John Moore Regiment, reading from a poem on the death of Sir John Moore at Corunna. Photo taken 16th January 2016
Regimental badge at Shornecliff
Roman Catholic Church built 1968 now a Gurkha Visitor centre
Ross Barracks Shorncliffe Camp ( now Ross Way) c1910
Shorncliffe Camp's Roman Catholic Church being built in 1968. It is now the Gurkha Museum.
Shorncliffe Camp - Taylor Wimpey Report feb 2015.pdf
Shorncliffe Camp.pdf
Shorncliffe Camp Hospital for the soldiers on Hospital Hill, demolished early 1970's
Shorncliffe Camp taken from the South West in 1880
Shorncliffe Military Hospital with the old lifeboat House in the foreground c1930
Sir John Moore Library Shorncliffe
Sir John Moore Library Shorncliffe
Sir John Moore Library Shorncliffe
Sir John Moore Library Shorncliffe
Sir John Moore Library Shorncliffe
Sir John Moore Library Shorncliffe
Sir John Moore Memorial Primary School closed 1980's demolished 2018. Photo taken 16th January 2016
Sir John Moore Memorial erected 1909 at the East end of the Esplanade, Sandgate
Sir John Moore Memorial in front of the Sir John Moore Library Shorncliffe Camp, undated
Sir John Moore Primary School closed 1980's demolished 2018 Photo taken 16th January 2016
Sir John Moore Primary School closed 1980's demolished 2018. Photo taken 16th January 2016
Sir John Moore Statue erected 1920's to the South of the Camp Library
Soldiers marching in the front of Shorncliffe Camp c1905
Soldiers under canvas on St Martin's Plain, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Staff of the Military Hospital c1895
Sword Exercise,, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Sword exercise in front of Somerset Barracks (demolished 2018) Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Tank Trap removal 1945-46
The Corner of Royal Military Avenue and St Marks Close c1910
The Female Hospital named the "Black Hut" on Hospital Hill
The Former R C Church opened 1968. listed 1999. Now converted into the Gurkha Information Centre
The Guard Room, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
The Pierce Hall built as a Methodist Church and subsequently the Sir John Moore School Canteen, demolished 2018
The Roman Catholic Church built in 1968 at the main entrance to the Camp
The Roman Catholic Church just after it was built in 1968. A previous Catholic church stood to the North of Hospital Hill.
The Royal Engineers, coming down Military Road c1910
The South View of the Sir John Moore Library (Garrison church in background) undated
The Wesleyan Soldiers Home, Shorncliffe Camp c1905
The Wesleyian Soldiers Home, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
The former Sir John Moore Library from the North on Saturday 16th January 2016
The memorial erected to Sir John Moore erected on Sandgate Esplanade in 1909
The six gravestones of the Chinese Labour Corps who died WW1 buried in Shorncliffe Military Cemetery
This hand tinted engraving by Newman & co is entitled "the approach to Shorncliffe Camp from Sandgate" 1851
Three of the six gravestones to Chinese Labour Corp who died in the WW1 buried in Shorncliffe Military Cemetery
Water Tower Shorncliffe
Watering the horses, Shorncliffe Camp c1910
West Wing of the Roya Military Hospital, Hospital Hill Shorncliffe Camp c1910
Wooden huts on Shorncliffe Camp 1880
wreath laid at Sir John Moore Statue (shorncliffe camp) by Major Rob Yuill and Chris Shaw (chairman of Shorncliffe Trust) 16th January 2016
