Royal Engineers Museum

Military Museum in Gillingham, Kent

The Royal Engineers Museum

The Royal Engineers Museum

Shown in Kent

Established| 1987
Location| Gillingham, Kent
Coordinates| 51°23′32″N 0°32′18″E﻿ / ﻿51.3921°N 0.5383°E﻿ / 51.3921; 0.5383
Type| Military Museum
Website| www.re-museum.co.uk

The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent. It tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general.

## History

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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] Its collection received 'Designated' status in 1998 (it is recognised as having an outstanding collection of national and international significance). It is one of only three military or regimental museums in the country to hold this status.[3]

## Collections

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The museum and library hold over 500,000 objects relating to the history of the Corps of Royal Engineers and the development of military engineering. It also has a collection of paintings and a large collection of medals including 25 Victoria Crosses.[4] Other items include a German V-2 rocket used during the Second World War,[5] the map used by the Duke of Wellington during the Battle of Waterloo, a finial from the Mahdi's tomb,[6] weapons used by Lieutenant John Chard during the Anglo-Zulu War, a collection of bridge-laying tanks, a Brennan torpedo and a Harrier jump jet.[7]

## See also

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* Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum

## References

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1. ^ "Brompton Barracks". bromptonhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
2. ^ a b "Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Gillingham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
3. ^ Culture24 Staff (8 October 2009). "Plaques presented to military museums with outstanding Designated collections". Culture24. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. ^ "Royal Engineers Museum". Victoria Cross. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
5. ^ "Royal Engineers Museum begins restoration of German V-2 Rocket missile for display". Culture 24. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
6. ^ Nicoll, Fergus, Material related to the Mahdīa p.13
7. ^ "Royal Engineers Museum". Kent Attractions. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal Engineers Museum.

* Royal Engineers Museum Official Website

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel