Built to the order of the Master-General of the Ordnance. Up to 1844 security at Royal Arsenal was provided by the Royal Artillery. Guard duties were then shared with ;the Metropolitan Police who took full responsibility in 1861. In 1927 the War Department Constabulary, now the Ministry of Defence Police, took over.
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Royal Arsenal Main Guardhouse
The Main Guardhouse, 1788. Built to the order of the Master-General of the O...
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
Contrary to the information contained in our Picture Source, Captain Charles Albert Cook was born on 11 July 1916 in Pasadena, California, USA, one of the five children of Charles Albert Cook (1875...
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