The Royal Engineers Museum of
Military Engineering
 

The Royal Engineers Museum of Military Engineering is one of the foremost Military Museums in the country.
A splendid venue available for conferences, receptions, corporate hospitality and events.	Its exhibits demonstrate the Corps' diversity and pioneering spirit throughout history. The Museum is housed in the Ravelin Building which was designed by Major E C Moore RE and completed in 1904.  The building's central courtyard has now been covered to enable many fine exhibits to be displayed all year round.	The Royal Engineers Museum of Military Engineering. Prince Arthur Road Gillingham Kent ME4 4UG Telephone: 01634 406397
Admission charges: Adults            £3.50 Concessions   £2.00 Guided tours   £5 per head (must be booked) Group discounts and family tickets available	The Museum is open all year Mon - Thu      10am - 5pm Sat & Sun  11.30am - 5pm & Bank holiday Monday	The Corps Library, an extensive archive began in 1813, complements the Museum.  The collection includes books, manuals, manuscripts, maps, plans and photographs and war diaries.  It is open by appointment from 9am to 5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays    Telephone: 01634 822416
	Designated as a museum with an outstanding collection

VISITORS FACILITIES

The Museum has ample free parking for cars and coaches.  There is a shop selling guides in English, French and German, books, videos, models and pocket money souvenirs.  Toilets and light refreshments are available.  There is wheelchair access throughout, including a wheelchair lift to an upper level. A fully - equipped briefing room with 30 seats is available for use by groups.  A separate schools room with 30 seats and a handling collection is also available.  These facilities must be booked. THE DISPLAYS The displays illustrate the history of the Corps of Royal Engineers and its work around the world in peace and war.  Notable items include a scale model of the Rock of Gibraltar made just after the Great Siege of 1779 - 1782, the Duke of Wellington's battle map of Waterloo, the silk court dress presented to General Gordon by the Chinese Emperor, the sole surviving Brennan Torpedo, a dug out on the Western Front from the First World War and a Medway family home in the blitz of the Second World War.

The development of military aviation, diving, survey, photography and bridging is covered.  There are realistic sound effects, working models, interactive displays and full - sized equipment.

The medal collection is of national, if not international, importance with 25 Victoria Crosses, 3 George Crosses, the regalia of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener and unique gallantry awards from the Falklands War.

A quick tour of the galleries requires 11/2 hours, a detailed tour up to 4 hours.  For most people there is too much to take in on a single visit.

RESEARCH ENOUIRIES

Staff at the Museum and Library will do their best to answer research enquiries. A charge may be made for this service.
Where no charge is raised a donation to help meet the costs of this important public service will be welcome.

Researchers may visit by appointment to carry out their own research on payment of the Museum admission charge.

If you are researching the career of an individual officer or soldier please note the following. In the first instance you should try
to obtain the Service Record of the individual. For men who served in the First World War and later, contact the Army Records Centre. They may only release information to the next of kin. For earlier service contact the Public Record Office.

Note that records from the First World War are being transferred from the Army Records Centre to the Public Record Office.
Any entitlement to medals can be checked with the Army Medal Office.

Send any details you obtain to us and we may be able to put flesh on the bones for you.

Key addresses are:

THE MUSEUM SHOP

The Shop offers a wide range of souvenirs, books - many by and about Sappers, videos and CD8. You may order by post,
cash with order, or by telephone on 01634 406397. We can accept most credit cards.

A selection of stock items follows. Prices include VAT where applicable. Please add postage and packing as shown.

Videos (postage and packing £1 per video)

	£
D-Day Heroes (75 mins)	6.99
Desert War (55 mins) (WWII N Africa)	6.99
Total War Part 1 (60 mins)    )	6.99
Part 11 (60 mins)                 )    (WWII)	6.99
Part 111 (60 mins)               )	6.99
The Mulberry Harbours (87 mins)	14.50
The Boer War (55 mins)	12.99
Steam at War - Destination Victory (52 mins)	12.99
Railways in WWII Steam Soldiers On (60 mins)	12.99
The Home Front (60 mins)	12.99

CDs (postage and packing £1 per disc)

Music for an Occasion (Corps Band)	10.00
Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers	10.00
Flanagan and Allen	5.50
Songs that won the War	5.50

Books

	£
Museum Guide (available in English, French and German)	1.50
Childrens Guide	0.25
D-Day and the Royal Engineers	0.50
The History of Early British Aeronautics by Brig Broke-Smith	1.00
Steam Traction in the Royal Engineers by Col Nowers	4.50
Middle East Movers by Col Hugh MacKintosh	5.00
The Brennan Torpedo by Alee Beanse	5.00
Cairnryan Military Port by Richard Holme	6.95
Mailshot - a history of the Forces Postal Service	4.99
The Lonely War by Eric Wakeling	9.00
Living with Danger by Harry Beckingham	7.00
A Short History of RE Bomb Disposal	1.50
Branch Lines to Longmoor	12.95
Railways to Victory 1944-1946	12.95
Show Me The Way To Go Home - Medloc 1945-55	5.95
The Lines of Torres Vedras	20.00
The Ever Victorious Army	19.50
Death of the Prince Imperial in Zululand 1879	4.50
With Kitchener to Khartoum	18.99
Nissen of the Huts	8.00
A Harbour Goes to War	19.95
The Sapper VCs by Gerald Napier	25.00
Flying Fury by Maj Jimmy McCudden VC	10.95
Queen's Gurkha Sapper by Hank Bowen	25.00
Soldier Artist in Wartime India by James Fletcher-Watson	19.99
CD-ROM
Snapshots through time - a history of Military Survey	20.00