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...
Infantry regiment of the British army. Originally a militia raised to build a network of roads, it became known as the Black Watch because of the dark green tartan with which they were issued. It w...
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At first sight one would think this statue was created shortly after WW1 rather than in 2009.
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