Kitchener Barracks ROCHESTER being demolished
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- Chatham Infantry Barracks was opened in 1757 to house troops manning the fortifications which had recently been built to defend the Dockyard. Accommodating some 1,800 men, Chatham was one of the first large-scale Army barracks in England.
Within the space of 20 years, it had taken on an additional role as the Army Depôt of Recruits and Invalids: accommodating 'a mixed mass of people, viz. recruits destined for regiments which were abroad, prisoners confined on account of desertion and other military offences, added to which was a proportion of invalids, sent home from foreign stations on account of old age, or bodily infirmity'.[126] The establishment of the Depôt was linked to the appointment in 1778 of an 'Inspector General and Superintendent of the Recruiting of all the Forces employed on foreign service', based in Chatham, who provided a degree of centralised oversight of recruitment (responsibility for which had previously been left entirely to the regiments). During this time, Chatham Depôt provided basic training for new recruits. This role ceased in 1801, however, when the entire Depôt establishment moved to Parkhurst Barracks on the Isle of Wight (where the recruits were less prone to find ways of deserting).
The Infantry Barracks then went on to serve as a home depot for numerous regiments stationed around the globe. In 1928 the barracks was taken over by the Royal Engineers and renamed Kitchener Barracks. One barrack block remains from 1757; the rest was largely demolished and rebuilt to a more modern design in the 1930s-50s. The barracks remained in military use until 2014.
In 2014 the site was sold to a property developer, with permission given the following year for the building of 295 homes. The main 1930s barracks building is being retained, along with the remaining earlier structures. The new development has retained the name Kitchener Barracks.
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I live here in Gillingham just down the road. You are correct no one has been in the old barracks until now. The other Barracks just down the road is the Royal engineer's barracks stationed by the regiment in Gillingham Medway Kent. Kitchener barracks where you are is in Chatham, not Rochester Kent. I stayed at the old barracks when I ended my last army duty over in the middle east, I was stationed there whilst waiting on accommodations after my army end of services after 22 years in the army.
My part of the world, I volunteer at Fort Amherst, there's a bunker in that area but the whole area is covered in bunkers, tunnels and defences, great video 👍
1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth💙💙💙👍
Sad day! 😔
I love a Kitchener Bun! 🥺
Named after Lord Horatio Kitchener
Way to go JenEvie climbing those pallets and round the stairs
Thanks Matt! 😎👍
In my city here in France they transformed military barracks buildings into Office’s or housings to keep the beautiful building’s from 1880-1900...
One entrance gate ,which looks like from a castle, is now in the middle of a roundabout...
Well done Matt & Co, Keep up the great work , Thanks.
I live in chatham near here. the coat of arms is the old main gate to the chatham historic dockyard where lord nelsons flagship hms victory was built in 1759 . The chatham historic dockyard is now a museum and has been used for movies and tv shows to be filmed
Lovely old buildings got so much character compared to this modern crap that goes up these days great video Matt from your Cornish fan
*Kitchener Barracks CHATHAM being demolished* cool video!
Big big fan of yours love your exploring 👏
Another great explore. Cheers Matt
Very interesting Matt, great music at the start as well, and you had a good team with you, well done to you all
Amazing video thanks matt. 👍 I think the wood got put there to go out of the window 🤔
Cool explore Matt! 👍👍
Great vid! You guys climbing around the board to the 2F when the door was open had rollin😂. Did the same at old asylum in New Jersey climbed a tree to 3F ....front door open downstairs
Awesome Matthew 😁💯%👍
i live just up the road from this :P the deep shelter there is good ;)
Great video Matt, I love that music that started the video xx
Looking forward to watching this explore. There wasn’t much to see inside at the top looking forward to seeing the next one
Rocking the red camouflage bottoms Matt 🩳
Always try the doors in future Matt could save you a climb 😂
Awwww love seeing Angel
Stay explores Matt
2.45, standing outside my old room where I stayed for my POM course, good old days, sad to see it go.
Awesome video 👍
That bit you was in obvs gonna be flats then as it's listed. Along with a few houses on the site. Shame more history being lost but that's what they want init ! Plenty of flammable kingspan lol Great vid as usual 👍
Nice vid. Ive done alot of work in there over the last couple of years. Place is supposed to have 24/7 security. Also doing work in Whiffen ave down the road take out the chalk bank. Backs onto Fort Amhurst and can see buildings in the trees. Never been up there though.
Awesome video , I believe iks have explored this im not 💯 sure tho
You have the best drone shots
Love your security doggie !
Great video Matt n friends,security is shit lol,stay safe
Why's my hair standing up.. 😅 😂
i lived at Kitchener bks for many years
Did anyone else spot security stood off in the distance in a hi-vis as you were jumping down off the pallets @43:50 on your way out?
I am surprised they did not turn that into a nightingale interment camp sorry hospital before demolition
the dug out was our bar
Driven past so many times over the years and now I know what was inside :) Are they converting it into flats?
Are they pulling it down or turning it into apartments? There seems a lot of building materials on ground level
Half treaty, really Matt? She's such a good girl and always smiling. Anyway this was a good get and the lime mines weren't half bad for my third go 'round either. Cheers
Its all I had left im my pocket. She had already eaten the other 20.
@@TheSecretVault forgiven, Your reputation for kindness and generosity is restored. shhhh.... won't tell a soul😂
@@TheSecretVault 😂
Royal Engineers accomadation ,matt
I’m ex RE.
Can confirm.
Oh a nice late night video ..
Hi Mat im sure you no your torches but you should try the 4000k atrolux mf01 1500lm. Noticed your light looks around 4000k. I don't like how the ice white 6500k looks on camera 5000s a little better 4000k Lookes almost like natural sunlight to the eye. Much nicer then the ice white light on camera to. It's around half price at the moment from ther main supplier. 😉 👍
13:16 and 27:51 it will have been Wood cladding were it got nailed to the wall ?
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Security is shit on that site
Was watching the green mile until ..........
now watching the orange inch
@@TheSecretVault 😁👍
i think you rumbled an insurance scam or it was prelude to arson
1,000 view watch
Health and safety lads comes first no hard hats or high visibility jackets on a building site building site are very dangerous. You put this video on TH-cam cops will be looking you now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Maybe you shouldn't be breaking into private sites? And showing the world how to break in too. Also, ever thought about the residents that actually live in this new development? No, only care about likes on TH-cam