The Garrison Church,Maxwell Road,Brompton dates from 1854 and cost £4,500 to build. In 1851 it became evident that the existing Chapel was not adequate for the large garrison,which used it as a Chapel and School,and the needs of the Royal Engineers establishment (now the RSME) for model rooms and other instructional rooms were not fully met. It was also expected that the Sapper and Miner depot (now Royal Engineers) would move from Woolwich to Chatham. Therefore on 17th October 1851 the war office suggested that the Chapel in Brompton Barracks should be used as a model room and that a new Chapel was to be sited as close as possible to the infantry Barracks (now Kitchener).
On 27th April 1854 The Times reported: "Ground has been cleared near Fort Amherst Guard, Chatham, for a new garrison church, which will also be used, it is understood, for the regimental schools. The present garrison church in Brompton is expected to be converted into model rooms for the Royal Sappers and Miners and other purposes, for which several of the barrack-rooms are at present used by that corps. This arrangement will afford a great deal of additional room in the Brompton Barracks, and also place those rooms in the Chatham Barracks occupied as schoolrooms at the disposal of the barrack-master for the accommodation of troops." .
The cache can be found at N51 23.abc E000 31.def where the values for a to f can be found by visiting the four stages in turn. Enjoy!
I aim to handicache rate this soon, until then, it is NOT wheelchair accessible at the final and IS buggy friendly, should you have a off-road type. To enter the Officers Recreation grounds there's a single small gate opposite TREE and another point of entry halfway up Amherst Redoubt on the left.
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication
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