Walmer Walmer, as a 'Limb' of Sandwich, Kent. Walmer Castle and its beautiful formal gardens are a major attraction for visitors. The official residence of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports since the 18th Century, the building is now an English Heritage property. Famous Lords Warden have included Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Sir Winston Churchill, William Pitt the Younger (whose niece Lady Hester Stanhope first created the gardens), and the Duke of Wellington (of the Battle of Waterloo fame). Wellington lived there for 23 years and the castle houses not only a collection of Wellington memorabilia but also the room
Cinque Ports Fortress Royal Engineers Fourth Army by the time of the Armistice, while 547 Company moved to VI Corps in September and to Third Army by November 1918. 546th and 547th Army Field Companies were disbanded in France on 4 June 1919 and 1 May 1919 respectively. When the TF was constituted as the Territorial Army in the 1920s, the Cinque Ports (Fortress) RE was reformed as three Lights Companies, forming part of the Coast Defence Troops in 44th (Home Counties) Divisional Area. During World War II the Cinque Ports Fortress RE once again provided a field unit: 579 Army Field Company, formed in