Territorial Army drill hall in the western angle of the junction with Pelham Road, Gravesend. Its design is not precisely known but it is thought to have been at a least partly a steel frame structure and of broadly rectangular plan, consisting of a large hall section for drilling and parades, with administrative rooms and stores at the side as well as vehicle parking outside. The site was built in 1938/9 and formed part of a general movement for the increase of reserve forces in expectation of a war with Germany. It appears to have accommodated a coastal artillery battery and from 1940 a company of the Home Guard. It was destroyed by bombing in 1943. Much of the site is occupied by post-war housing but the Nissen hut type of structure used by the Army Cadet Force on the southern extremity of the site might be a remnant.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The drill hall is no longer extant although it is possible that the building occupied by the Army cadet Force at the southern extremity of the site is a remnant.
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 23/02/06

Frank R. Turner, 01/01/00, Gravesend Bomb Damage in WW2 , published by FR Turner (ISBN 1901132-20-X) (Bibliographic reference). SKE13997.

Frank R. Turner, 01/01/00, Gravesend Bomb Damage in WW2 , published by FR Turner (ISBN 1901132-20-X) (Bibliographic reference). Ske13997.