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.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Royal Arsenal Main Guardhouse
The Main Guardhouse, 1788. Built to the order of the Master-General of the O...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
The East India Company Military Seminary was a British military academy at Addiscombe, Surrey. It opened in 1809 and closed in 1861. Its purpose was to train young officers to serve in the East Ind...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Police Station at 277 Upper Street, Islington, N1.The picture source website also has a photograph of this very lamp being fixed to the Upper Street building in 1938.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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