90th Light Infantry

Dated 1st July 1818, during the period when servicemen were not recognised for their penmanship, I consider this example as really special.

East Wall of the Ropery

After a little searching through the internet I discovered that: -
Chatham was the station of the 90th LI until December of 1818 when they moved on to Brighton.
(Information supplied by Kevin Asplin)

Information Galore

Happy Hunting on this wall!

On the frontage of the Paint and Lead Rolling Mill there are numerous examples of graffiti which have survived well considering the hardness of the brick. Compared with the Ropery, the brick used in the building of the P & LRM does not take a 'deep marking' in the same way. But the clarity of the words seem very clear.

HMS Warspite (twice)

[note Warspite's addition "commissioned 26th March 1899]

HMS Rodney

HMS Bacchante

(Names to conjure with)

I am going back to look more closely at this section of wall as there is so much more I have missed.

Paint and Lead Rolling Mill

This building has some interesting additions to the front. For example the mention of 'HMS Goliath' with the names of Captains Wintz and Henderson.

I am now trying to get some information connected with this vessel which was, I believe, sunk by a Turkish Motor Torpedo Boat in, or near, the Dardanelles, on 13th May 1915. She sank losing 570 men.

HMS Goliath was a Chatham built ship, completed in 1900 and Captain Lewis Edmund Wintz commanded Goliath in a minor part of the "Boxer Riots".