Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rochester Upon Medway
Town
Gillingham
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths, Palestine (1918-1948), 20th Century Wars (1900-1999), Somaliland Campaign (1900-1920), Boer War; Second (1899-1902), Matabele Wars (1893-1897), Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899), Sudan Campaign (1882-1899), Boer War; First (1880-1881), Anglo-Zulu War (1879), Abyssinian War (1867-1868), British India (1858-1947), Indian Mutiny (1857-1858), Anglo-Burmese War; Second (1852-1853), Crimean War (1853-1856), Anglo-Sikh War; Second (1848-49), First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880), Ashanti Wars (1823-1900), Waterloo Campaign (1815), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814), Ireland (1801-1923), Burma (19th Century), China (19th and 20th Centuries), 19th Century Wars (1800-1899), French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), Colonial India, British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858), Austrian Succession (1740-1748), Spanish Succession (1701-1714), 18th Century Wars (1700-1799), Non-Specific Conflict, VC or GC Recipients
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
87736

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Current location

Room to the south of the main entrance.
Royal Engineers Museum
Prince Arthur Road
Gillingham
Rochester Upon Medway
Kent
ME7 1UR
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 76650 68970
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A pair of matching large wooden varnished boards with a curved top in a plain wooden frame. Each board has two columns of black lettering. They appeared to have planned to add another similar board for post-1946 names but added a series of tablets for separate conflicts instead.
Inscription
Board one: – NAMES OF OFFICERS / WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED OR DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE // ENGINEER ESTABLISMENT. 1660-1757. / (Names) / CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 1757-1787. / (Names) / CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS. 1787. / (Names) // Board two: - NAMES OF OFFICERS / WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED OR DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE // CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS. / CONTINUED. / (Names) // THE NAMES OF OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR / LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR, 1914 – 1918, / ARE INSCRIBED IN THE CORPS ROLL OF / HONOUR, DEPOSITED IN THE KITCHENER / MEMORIAL CHAPEL, ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL // (Names) // THE NAMES OF OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR / LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II, 1939 – 1945, / ARE INSCRIBED IN THE CORPS ROLL OF / HONOUR, DEPOSITED IN THE KITCHENER / MEMORIAL CHAPEL, ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL // (Names) // -CONTINUED ON NEXT BOARD - // INDIAN ENGINEERS, 1771 – 1860. // (Names) //
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abbey, C.
Abbott, T. W.
Adamson, T.
Aldridge, R. F.
Alexander, C. C.
Allen, R. C.
Anderson, J.
Anderson, J. R.
Anderson, R.
Askwith, W. B.
See details for all 194 names
Commemorations
  • Non-Specific Conflict
    Total names on memorial: 194
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 194
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Service, rank, initial, decoration, cause of death, place of death, date of death
    Order of information: Date of death
  • 18th Century Wars (1700-1799)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 21
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 21
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • China (19th and 20th Centuries)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Burma (19th Century)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Ireland (1801-1923)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 27
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 27
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Waterloo Campaign (1815)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Anglo-Sikh War; Second (1848-49)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Anglo-Burmese War; Second (1852-1853)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • British India (1858-1947)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 11
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Abyssinian War (1867-1868)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Boer War; First (1880-1881)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Sudan Campaign (1882-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 5
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 5
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Matabele Wars (1893-1897)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Somaliland Campaign (1900-1920)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Palestine (1918-1948)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 10
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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