An area of Nissen huts in East Wood, east of Gore Court, is visible in 1946 aerial photography. Extant foundations were dicovered in 2020. These are thought to be the huts in which some of the soldiers from the 7th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers were accommodated during the Second World War. The 53rd Reconnaissance (Recce) Regiment were also seemingly posted to Otham, Maidstone during their training (?1943-4) – an oral account recorded by the Imperial War Museum of someone from that regiment’s time at Otham described it as a ‘wild place’ with accommodation in Nissen huts.