Royal Engineers

The Past

Royal Engineers Museum opens ‘momentous’ new study centre

The military museum, based in Gillingham, is the largest of its kind in Kent and contains many exhibitions telling the story of Britain’s military engineers from the Roman period through to the modern Corps of Royal Engineers.

ABOVE John Chard (1847 1897). He was awarded a Victoria Cross for his ‘gallant conduct at the defence of Rorke's Drift’.

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Museum acquires items from defender of Rorke’s Drift

At the auction, the museum acquired three lots belonging to Chard: a small archive of material relating to his life; a manuscript copy concerning the battle; and surveying and drawing instruments in a wooden case belonging to the Lieutenant.