The South Barracks, Walmer, Kent, 1865 (c)

Photograph, 1865 (c). From an album compiled by Colonel Montagu Hall.

Designed by architects J Johnson and J Sanders, the South Barracks was built in 1795 to accommodate 53 men and 63 horses of the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons and were thus also known as the Cavalry Barracks. it was later used by customs men before being acquired by the Admiralty to house Royal Marines from 1869 to 1996. The centre building is known as the Officers' Mess.

Montagu Hall (1831-1904) was born 27 August 1831, in Bristol. He served in the 2nd Burma War (1852-1853) and the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). Fighting with the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers, he participated in the relief and capture of Lucknow. He is recorded as gaining the rank of captain, serving with the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers), on 30 July 1862. He retired as an Honorary Colonel 13 June 1883 and died at Ryde on the Isle of Wight on 12 March 1904, aged 72.