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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 35 NW 660
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Kitchener Camp, Richborough Port

Summary

A WWI camp site, part of Richborough Port, a major WWI port serving allied troops on the Western Front. The site appears to have been reused for military purposes in WWII when extra defences were added to its perimeter. It is not clear whether there are any remaining elements of this facility as the site has been extensively redeveloped in the early 21st century.

Grid Reference:	TR 3326 5933
Map Sheet:	TR35NW
Parish:	SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

MILITARY CAMP (Modern - 1916 AD? to 1922 AD?)

Full description

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Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 07/07/07

Amended description following Phase 1 of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey:
A military camp originally constructed in WWI [1]. It appears to have been composed of wooden huts and was part of Richborough Port (MWX43487), a major WWI port serving allied troops on the Western Front. Please see MWX43487 for details of the site as a whole.

Although decommissioned following WWI, the camp buildings were still in existence by WWII when the site appears to have been reused for military purposes. Additional defensive features (gun emplacements & slit trenches) were added to its perimeter during WWII (see Related Monuments) and are visible on RAF vertical aerial photographs of this date [2]. It is not clear whether there are any remaining elements of this facility as the site has been extensively redeveloped in the early 21st century [3].

Robert Butler, 01/01/99, Richborough Port (Bibliographic reference). SKE14150.

<1> Robert Butler, 01/01/99, Richborough Port (Bibliographic reference). Ske14150.

<3> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, PGA_TR3359_2003-08-14.jpg (Graphic material). SWX15711.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Bibliographic reference: Robert Butler. 01/01/99. Richborough Port.
<1>	Bibliographic reference: Robert Butler. 01/01/99. Richborough Port.
<3>	Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. PGA_TR3359_2003-08-14.jpg.

Related records

TR 35 NW 658	Parent of: Shipyard No 1, Richborough Port (Monument)
MWX43283	Parent of: WWII earthwork and structural defences associated with Kitchener Camp (Monument)
TR 36 SW 190	Part of: Block and Pile Yards, Richborough Port (Monument)
TR 35 NW 661	Part of: Haig Camp, Richborough Port (Monument)
TR 35 NW 672	Part of: Headquarters, Richborough Port (Monument)
TR 36 SW 187	Part of: New Wharf, Richborough Port (Monument)
MWX43537	Part of: Probable WWII gun emplacement, south of Kitchener Camp, Great Stonar (Monument)
TR 36 SW 194	Part of: RAF Salvage Yard, Richborough Port (Monument)
TR 36 SW 185	Part of: Richborough Construction Camp (Monument)
TR 36 SW 186	Part of: Richborough Cowan Camp (Monument)
TR 36 SW 414	Part of: Richborough Port (Monument)
TR 35 NW 671	Part of: Richborough QMAAC (Monument)
TR 36 SW 188	Part of: Richborough Salvage Dump (Monument)
TR 36 SW 189	Part of: Richborough Stores Depot (Monument)
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MWX43551	Part of: Sidings, Richborough Port (Monument)
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MWX43282	Part of: Weatherlees Siding, Richborough Port (Monument)