EPW013283 ENGLAND (1925). The Naval Memorial and town centre, Chatham, from the south-west, 1925

Chatham Ragged School, built 1858. '...It was a lecture delivered by Mr Ware, Secretary of the Field Lane School, Holborn, at the Chatham Mechanics’ Institute which inspired the establishment of the Chatham ragged school in April 1849 (Maidstone and South Eastern Gazette, 3 July 1849). The Chatham ragged school opened at a small house on Queen Street, off the Brook. It quickly outgrew this location and the school moved to several other sites in the Brook area until the committee resolved in 1856 that subscriptions would be opened to erect a new school. After some false starts securing a site, the War Office gave the committee use of a piece of land at the top of King Street on the edge of the Chatham Lines measuring 50 by 100 feet, and £20 towards the cost of the building. By the time the school’s foundation stone was laid in October 1858, £250 had been raised but a deficit of £150 remained to cover the total cost of the building at £400 before fitments. This deficit was later cleared through a fund-raising bazaar held in 1860. The building’s architect was named in newspaper accounts as Mr J Young, who gave his services at no cost, and Mr Foord was reported to have agreed to construct the school on favourable terms.' British Listed Buildings, https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101468892-chatham-ragged-school-river-ward

The Great Lines or 'The Lines' - part of the defences built by French POW housed in hulks during the Napoleonic War.

The Paddock

Chatham Viaduct

Yes, this is Rochester Street, clearly identifiable by the kink in the road further up.

The original grandstand on the Garrison Ground, replaced by another in 1931 (https://www.royalmarinesfootball.com/1930s-gallery) which was later also demolished.

Chatham, one of three manning ports in Great Britain - has a memorial in the shape of an obelisk, designed to serve as a leading mark for shipping. The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, with sculpture by Henry Poole. The Chatham Naval Memorial was unveiled by the Prince of Wales on 26 April 1924. It commemorates those members of the Royal Navy who had no known grave, the majority of deaths having occurred at sea where no permanent memorial could be provided.

The Garrison Ground.

Herbert Road western end

Photo taken on a Monday at a guess, every house has its washing on the line.

St Michael RC

Is this Rochester Street?

This appears to be a large tented camp on the Great Lines no doubt similar to the ones used during W W I to cope with the suden expansion in the size of the Royal Engineers being trained at Chatham.

Fort Amherst

Gas Holder by the Strand

Chatham Railway Station (LCDR)

Maidstone Road (Chatham)

Southill Barracks (Built as a Commissariat Depot and then enlarged to take in the Lock Hospital)

Chatham Town Hall

Kitchener Barracks

River Medway - Gillingham Reach

Royal Engineers Barracks (Present day: Royal Engineers Museum building)

Royal Engineers Barracks - Gymnasium