Coalhouse Fort - Units known to have served

Defence of the River Thames

Units known to have served at Coalhouse fort

The following units are known to have served at colehouse fort during the three main periods:

Victorian	Royal Garrison Artillery 1874 - 1902
WW1	No2 Company R.G.A 1903-1918 Essex and Suffolk RGA London Electrical Engineers (R.E) 1st Res. G.B. Suffolk Regiment
WW2	517 Regiment Royal Artillery Kent Fortress T.A 356 Regiment T.A Royal Marines 3rd Essex Battalion Home Guard 356 Coast Battery R.A (Home Guard) ROYAL NAVY AND R.N.V.R W.R.N.S N.A.A.F.I and civillian staff

If you have any information or photographs of anyone who served at Coalhouse fort during these periods we would very much like to hear from you and would gratefully receive any copies of documentation or images for our collection that you may be willing to send. Contact details may be found on the contacts page.

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