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VERNE PRISON AND ARMY CITADEL
Verne Citadel was started in 1847 as a camp for prisoners building Portland harbour's breakwaters and was extended during the 1860s. The first sixty-four prisoners were landed on 24 November 1848 at Castletown from HM Steamer Driver. The Verne Citadel was designated by Captain W Crossman of the Royal Engineers and enclosed an area of fifty-six acres. A full workforce existed of one hundred and eighty prisoners at the peak of building the Breakwater. Following WWII the Citadel was used for training newly conscripted recruits of the corps of the Royal Engineers. The moat was used for training in the use of explosives. In 1949 the Citadel reverted to its former use as a prison.
Please click here to see pictures of the building of the Verne Citadel. Please click here to see pictures of civilians at the Verne. For pictures of the army at The Verne click here and click here to see pictures of the Verne as a prison.
BUILDING THE VERNE CITADEL
VIEW OF EAST WEARES, TAKEN FROM THE VERNE. THE TRACK AT THE FOOT OF THE CLIFF WAS A RAILWAY USED TO TRANSPORT STONE FROM NICODEMUS KNOB QUARRY.
CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH GATE BRIDGE
AERIAL VIEW OF THE VERNE GARRISON.
PORTLAND COPY OF OLD PRINT, VERNE BEING CONSTRUCTED. NOTE THE RAILWAY RUNNING BENEATH THE TOP CLIFF LINE.
VERNE CITADEL WEST DITCH COUNTERSCARP.
CONVICTS BUILDING THE COUNTERSCARP (OUTSIDE WALL OF DITCH).
VERNE CITADEL NORTH FLANK
NORTH ENTRANCE OF VERNE 1877. THE NORTH FLANKS ALSO APPEAR IN THE PREVIOUS PICTURE.
SOUTH WEST VERNE DITCH, SOUTH WEST FLANK FINISHED ON WEST SIDE. RUBBISH STILL TO BE CLEARED FROM DITCH - 1868
CIVILIAN PICTURES
GROUP PICTURE AT THE VERNE.
FRONT L - R:- ROBERT JOHN HINDE,
REAR L - R:- ?. ?. ?. THOMAS WALLIS HINDE, ?, ?, REG MOORE, WILLIAM FLEW SAMPSON HINDE. ?.
GROUP PICTURE AT THE VERNE.
REAR L - R:- ROBERT JOHN HINDE, ?. THOMAS WALLIS HINDE?, WILLIAM FLEW SAMPSON HINDE.
ARMY PICTURES
VERNE CITADEL LOOKING NORTH
VERNE CITADEL EAST RAMPARTS
PORTLAND PRISON CATHOLIC CHURCH
1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS ON THE MAIN SQUARE OF THE VERNE CITADEL, PORTLAND
SOLDIERS PARADING AT THE VERNE. UNKNOWN DATE
CASTLETOWN PORTLAND, VERNE FORT IN BACKGROUND
VERNE CITADEL 2ND LINCOLN REGIMENT OCTOBER 10TH 1937
START OF CIVIC WELCOME OCTOBER 10TH 1937. GUN IN PICTURE POSSIBLY CAPTURED GERMAN GUN.
CASTLETOWN AND THE VERNE
C. H. COLLINS STEAM COAL MERCHANT IN BUILDING NOW OCCUPIED BY THE ALBERT (GREEN SHUTTERS)
ST. GEORGE'S DAY, 25/04/1898 VERNE CITADEL.
2ND. BATTALION NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OUTSIDE REGIMENTAL HQ AT VERNE CITADEL.
2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. VERNE CITADEL. TROOPING THE COLOURS.
INSIDE VERNE (RIFLE RANGES ETC.) 1877
SOLDIERS AT SOUTH ENTRANCE OF VERNE CITADEL.
ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS STANDING GUARD OTHER SOLDIERS ROYAL ARTILLERY CIRCA 1913
SOLDIERS EXITING THE VERNE CITADEL. A MODERN PICTURE IS SHOWN BELOW
THE VERNE BARRACKS C1906
GENERAL'S INSPECTION AT VERNE BARRACKS 1927 1ST GLOUCESTERS
PRESENTATION OF THE KINGS CUP 1925 GUNNERY COMPETITION
565 (WILTS) ARMY TROOPS COY RE (T) TAKEN IN FRANCE 1918
SEATED 6TH FROM LEFT - JOE HIBBS (SNR)
1ST RIW 2ND FROM LEFT - WILL STONE
1ST ROW 3RD FROM LEFT JACK (SPRINGFIELD) PEARCE
BACK ROW 3RD FROM LEFT HARRY HIBBS (SNR)
PREPARING GUN FOR FIRING AT HIGH ANGLE BATTERY EAST CLIFF 1899
PREPARING GUN AT HIGH ANGLE BATTERY
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHTS OWN SLIGO MILITIA, THIS ARTILLERY MILITIA IS MENTIONED IN THE RECORDS OF THE DORSET CORPS OF ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY (RGA) VOLUNTEERS, AND APPEARS IN A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE "NAVY AND ARMY" ILLUSTRATED, MANNING THE VERNE'S GUNS IN 1900.
2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS BAND (ST GEORGES DAY) 1898
2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS BAND ?1898
THEY ARE WEARING DIFFERENT HEAD DRESS TO ANOTHER PICTURE OF 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS
2ND BATTALION THE PRINCE ALBERT’S SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY 3RD NOVEMBER 1899
ARRIVAL OF 2nd ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS. FROM INDIA MARCH 1914. THEY LEFT PORTLAND AUGUST 1914. HEAD OF COLUMN ASCENDING VERNE HILL
LARGE BUILDINGS INSIDE VERNE 1877
GROUP ARMY PICTURE 1916
WALTER CRISPIN STONE 1884-1944 FRONT RIGHT SEATED
THE 2ND WARWICKS LEAVING BARRACKS
PRIVATE, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORP 1914 FIRST CLASS ORDERLY.
SOLDIERS RETURNING TO BARRACKS 1920/30
SOLDIERS EXITING THE SOUTH ENTRANCE OF THE VERNE
VERNE HILL 1919. LOOKING TOWARD THE VERNE CITADEL.
THE TWO FIGURES ARE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES.
BELOW IS A MODERN VIEW TAKEN FROM THE SAME POSITION
77TH REGIMENT 1870, POSING WITH CUP
2ND BATTALION THE PRINCE ALBERT’S SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY 3RD NOVEMBER 1899
SERGEANT ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS 1890
COLONEL INDIAN STAFF CORPS, LIEUTENANT 1ST BATTALION ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS, LIEUTENANT ROYAL ENGINEERS, AT THE VERNE
TYPICAL LAYOUT FOR KIT INSPECTION 1896
1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS 1935, THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR.
1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS "ALMA DAY" AT VERNE 1935
MUSICIANS WITH THE RUSSIAN DRUMS CAPTURED IN THE CRIMEA, "BATTLE OF THE ALMA" 1854
1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS "ALMA DAY" 1935. HANDING OVER THE COLOUR
TROOPING THE COLOUR 1935. 1ST BATTALION GREEN HOWARDS
THE GREEN HOWARDS FAREWELL INSPECTION 1937
THE 2ND WARWICKS LEAVING BARRACKS
2ND BATTALION BUFFS (EAST KENT REGIMENT) CHURCH PARADE 1925
SOLDIERS AT THE VERNE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY, 12 POUNDER GUN DETACHMENT 1891
RAILWAY STATION AND GASWORKS AT BOTTOM OF PICTURE WITH THE VERNE CITADEL IN THE DISTANCE. THE PICTURE BELOW SHOWS PART OF THE SCENE TODAY WHERE THE GASWORKS STOOD.
VERNE PRISON
CONVICTS BUILDING THE GATEWAY TO BACK OF PRISON.
THIS PLACE NO LONGER HAS GATES AND THE CENTRE PILLAR HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND IS CALLED THE HOLE IN THE WALL BY GROVE PEOPLE, NOTE ALL THE PILES OF STONE AT THE TOP OF PICTURE.
CONVICT QUARRIES AT THE GROVE.
CONVICTS QUARRYING AT THE VERNE. NOTE THE STONE JACK
CONVICTS QUARRYING.
CONVICTS QUARRYING AT THE GROVE
CONVICTS WORKING
CONVICTS MARCHING TO WORK. TOURISTS WOULD TRAVEL FROM AS FAR AS LONDON TO SPEND A DAY WATCHING THE PRISONERS WORKING.
CONVICTS AT PORTLAND RAILWAY STATION
STONE DRESSING YARD, CONVICTS AT WORK.
PRISONERS AT ALMA TERRACE 1893.
BEING OBSERVED BY CHILDREN AS WELL AS WARDENS.
VIEW OF PORTLAND PRISON - UNKNOWN DATE
CONVICTS BEING SEARCHED AT THE PRISON, PORTLAND
CONVICTS WORKING IN PRISON QUARRIES, PRE 1900.
IN 1890's CONVICT CROWTHER HELD A PROTEST ATOP A CRANE
BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, PRISON
CARPENTERS SHOP, AND STONE CRUSHING AND MAKING MORTAR, AT PRISON
THE KITCHEN, PORTLAND PRISON c1900
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