Milton Barracks was a military installation at Milton Road in

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History

The barracks were built between 1860 and 1862 as temporary accommodation for troops using the Milton Rifle Range which was located just a mile to the east of the barracks on the

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estuary. The barracks then evolved into permanent accommodation for troops who were in transit preparing for deployment on overseas operations. During the

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the barracks were used as an auxiliary military hospital and during the

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they were used as a training depot. Following the departure of the last unit to use the barracks, the 1st Battalion the

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, in May 1969, part of the site was developed for housing in the 1980s and another part of the site became the home of the

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara The Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਰਬਾਰ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ) is a Sikh Gurdwara situated in the town of Gravesend, Kent. It is the largest Gurdwara in Europe and also one of the largest outside ...

which was completed in 2010.

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