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Date Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 10:11:50 GMT-4
Author: Rachael
Subject: Re: Dover Castle
In reply to: Robert D 's message, "Dover Castle" on Saturday, October 26, 12:18:58 GMT-4

>Hello,
>
>I have been working on a paranormal radio documentary based in Dover and thought this might help: (see below). i think that he may have been one of the soldiers occupying the Casements there.

History

1797 Napoleonic engineers built a system of underground barracks, called Casements.
1803 2,000 soldiers occupied the Casements.
1939 Vice-Admiral Bertram Home Ramsey took command of Channel defences and developed the Casements as headquarter.
MAY-1940 Ramsey ran Operation Dynamo from this place and evacuated 338,000 British troops from the shores of Dunkirk.
1945 at the end of the war the intensive use of the tunnels ended.
1958 the army left Dover Castle giving it to the Ministry of Works.
1984 the underground installation was decommissioned by the army and turned over to the English Heritage.

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  • Re: Dover Castle -- Mash, Thursday, March 20, 01:37:19 GMT-4
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