In the 1778 encampment, King George III came to inspect the troops, and Dr Samuel Johnson stayed for five days.

[1] In 1842 the East India Company's barracks at Chatham became inadequate, and they purchased the land to move their troops in.

[1] The area and men were absorbed into the British Army after the Indian Mutiny in 1857, and in 1861 the barracks was bought by the War Office.

[2] The chapel is nearby to the Warley (Brentwood) Army Reserve drill hall, which is the headquarters of 124 (Essex) Transport Squadron, part of 151 Regiment RLC.

The chapel, the officers' mess (now Marillac Nursing Home) and one of the regimental gyms (Keys Hall) remain.