Building record TQ 67 SE 1202 - New Tavern Fort magazines Second World War air raid shelter, Milton Place, Gravesend, Kent

Summary

Second World War use by the Royal Navy of the magazines of New Tavern Fort, Milton Place, Gravesend. This may have incorporated both the larger 1872 brick tunnels and the separate 1904 magazines. They were requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1941 and designated as sleeping shelters for the personnel of HMS Gordon, a shore establishment utilising the adjacent (and no longer existing) Sea School and in 1975 many bunk beds of a naval type were discovered in one of the tunnels. Shelter use would have been discontinued by 1945. The tunnels are accessible as part of the New Tavern Fort heritage site.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6529 7428 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SE
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

Gravesend Council, 15/01/41, Minutes of Finance and General Purposes Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE14040.

Gravesend Council, 15/01/41, Minutes of Finance and General Purposes Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske14040.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Gravesend Council. 15/01/41. Minutes of Finance and General Purposes Committee.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Gravesend Council. 15/01/41. Minutes of Finance and General Purposes Committee.

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2009 4:39AM