Walmer Castle against Charles' brother, King James II, the townsfolk of Deal seized Walmer Castle on behalf of William III, the Prince of Orange. By the end of the century, however, the castle was increasingly regarded as out of date from a military perspective. In the 18th century, Walmer Castle became the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. The Lord Warden was originally a medieval title linked to five key ports along the coast of England; the position's prominence had faded, but it still retained important judicial and military functions. When Lionel Sackville, the Duke of Dorset, was
2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers 2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers The 2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery from 1890 to 1955. Raised as coastal defence artillery, it later served as field artillery in Mesopotamia during World War I and in the Battle of France and Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II. Its successor units later operated as medium artillery in , and as jungle artillery in Burma. Postwar, it became an anti-aircraft unit. The enthusiasm for the Volunteer Movement following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many units composed of