Whilst teaching I had many links with the barracks: visiting speakers; careers events; inter-school competitions; and many students chose the army as their future career and made them the adults they are today.
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Jackie Winter
9 years ago
The barracks need to stay!
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Geoffrey Cunningham
9 years ago
Agreed serious welfare issues for Gurkha community concerning this proposed closure
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Pam Stewart
9 years ago
Shameful way to treat the brave Ghurkas - we shouldn't be diluting our military in the present climate anyway.
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Eric J Head
9 years ago
The Ghurkas are a lovely lot of people and help enrich the lives of the people of Maidstone
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B Lloyd
9 years ago
Invicta Barracks is also strategically placed as a mustering point for forces being sent to the continent in an emergency.
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Joan Simmons
9 years ago
I find it so very sad the way we are treating the Ghurkas.
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Helen Davies
9 years ago
Leave the barracks alone. They have served a purpose for all these years and are still needed to day. We do NOT need any more houses. Plus remember these people living at the barracks deserve respect for what they have done and or doing.
Helen Davies
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Glyn Friend
9 years ago
My father served in ww2 from this very barracks and joined the D Day landings and went on the push though Europe defending our country. This is disgraceful. What next!
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Roger Kingswell
9 years ago
The military always stress tradition as being very important for morale and espirit de corps. If this is true, why break a tradition of over 200 years? And cause so much disruption to loyal troops and their families? Budgets are just a notional figure on a balance sheet and can be changed instantly. Tradition and Loyalty once gone may take another 200 years to be regained.
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chris gymer
9 years ago
The barracks have been an 9mportant part of the town for two centuries. Closing them and moving the valuable fiscal contributions of the Army to the local economy will be permanently damaging to an already fragile town.
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Phil Wise
9 years ago
Please keep our barracks open and keep the people of Maidstone supplied with community support.
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keith Ferris
9 years ago
Our forces are already inadequate. The last area in which to deplete our military resources further, is Kent, the gateway to and from the continent.
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George Cook
9 years ago
A military connection and presence are part of Maidstone's history and character. The Ghurkas are especially appreciated for their service to our country, we don't want to lose them.
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Pam Payne
9 years ago
They are a hardworking set of families who bring a very positive aspect to our county town.
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G J Martin
9 years ago
Good luck
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Anonymous
9 years ago
I oppose the closure of the Maidstone Barracks and am most concerned about the impact this will have on the personnel linked to the barracks and the local community of which it has been an important part for many years.
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David Frost
9 years ago
We do not want to lose the Barracks or the Ghurkas
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John Sweetman
9 years ago
The Army is an historical feature pf community life in Maidstone and should remain so.
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Patrick Roche
9 years ago
I am ex military. The barracks MUST be saved for many reasons.
Whilst teaching I had many links with the barracks: visiting speakers; careers events; inter-school competitions; and many students chose the army as their future career and made them the adults they are today.
The barracks need to stay!
Agreed serious welfare issues for Gurkha community concerning this proposed closure
Shameful way to treat the brave Ghurkas - we shouldn't be diluting our military in the present climate anyway.
The Ghurkas are a lovely lot of people and help enrich the lives of the people of Maidstone
Invicta Barracks is also strategically placed as a mustering point for forces being sent to the continent in an emergency.
I find it so very sad the way we are treating the Ghurkas.
Leave the barracks alone. They have served a purpose for all these years and are still needed to day. We do NOT need any more houses. Plus remember these people living at the barracks deserve respect for what they have done and or doing. Helen Davies
My father served in ww2 from this very barracks and joined the D Day landings and went on the push though Europe defending our country. This is disgraceful. What next!
The military always stress tradition as being very important for morale and espirit de corps. If this is true, why break a tradition of over 200 years? And cause so much disruption to loyal troops and their families? Budgets are just a notional figure on a balance sheet and can be changed instantly. Tradition and Loyalty once gone may take another 200 years to be regained.
The barracks have been an 9mportant part of the town for two centuries. Closing them and moving the valuable fiscal contributions of the Army to the local economy will be permanently damaging to an already fragile town.
Please keep our barracks open and keep the people of Maidstone supplied with community support.
Our forces are already inadequate. The last area in which to deplete our military resources further, is Kent, the gateway to and from the continent.
A military connection and presence are part of Maidstone's history and character. The Ghurkas are especially appreciated for their service to our country, we don't want to lose them.
They are a hardworking set of families who bring a very positive aspect to our county town.
Good luck
I oppose the closure of the Maidstone Barracks and am most concerned about the impact this will have on the personnel linked to the barracks and the local community of which it has been an important part for many years.
We do not want to lose the Barracks or the Ghurkas
The Army is an historical feature pf community life in Maidstone and should remain so.
I am ex military. The barracks MUST be saved for many reasons.