This area though, continued to be used for training soldiers in trench-building and fighting through the next 2 centuries. The Redoubt, Martello Towers and the Royal Military Canal formed our Napoleonic defenses which were never needed in the end. Flowers from her garden still come up today. The story goes that the soldiers dug a hole in one of the walls so his wife could see the sea from the house. In the 18 th Century, this was the site of the Commandant’s house. This is the heritage group that promotes the history of this area. The Redoubt today is a scheduled ancient monument thanks to the Shorncliffe Trust. Warfare was changing the riflemen worked in pairs where one fired and the other loaded the spare gun, ready to swap to maintain continuous fire. They wore green coats, and so more easily camouflaged. He realised their bright red coats made them stick out and could be easily targeted by the opposition. His military training ideas changed the face of front-line fighting from the Red Coats onwards. Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, KB (13 November 1761 – 16 January 1809) was a British Army general, and based at Shorncliffe. Sir John Moore holds particular prominence. The streets around this area are named after many military people and events. The soil banks would have protected the Red Coats from canon fire and helped hide them from sight. Three banks of the square fortification remain. This was a temporary fort built to protect the coast from Napoleon’s invasion that never came.
It’s heavily wooded now, and the trees hide the peaks and troughs of a 200 year old Redoubt. Folkelife went for a stroll along these historic pathways to scratch the surface of the heritage here.Īt the bend in West Road,Folkestone sits the Shorncliffe Redoubt and Military Cemetery. There’s a Hindu burial near a German burial children killed in as a result of wars and soldiers who’ve served up to present day. The Shorncliffe Barracks were the training grounds for many soldiers, including the author Andy McNab. Field Marshall Montgomery was stationed in Shorncliffe in both World Wars and Churchill spent time here too. There are secret burials, hidden graves and three Victoria Cross soldiers are buried here. From fortified areas protecting us from Napoleonic invasion, to the Canadian practice trenches from WW1. It, and the surrounding countryside, hold tales of 200 years of military history. Shorncliffe Cemetery is tucked away on the hillside leading down to Sandgate. Shorncliffe Heritage – The Birthplace of the MOdern British Army
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