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38 (1) High Street
Blue Town
Sheerness
I have also seen this pub called the "Army and Navy." Although
another "Army and
Navy" has been referenced which it is said closed and was turned into a
coffee tavern prior to 1879.
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Sheerness Guardian, 22 September, 1860.
SITTINGBOURNE PETTY SESSIONS.
Monday, before E. Twopenny, (chairman), J. D. Dyke, Sir T. M. Tylden
and the Rev. G. B. Moore.
General Licensing Day.
The only licenses granted were those of Daniel Cook of Sheerness and
John Wood of Milton. (King's
Arms")
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From the Thanet Advertiser, Saturday 18 May, 1878.
Sheerness-on-Sea. Singular case of suicide.
On Saturday afternoon W. J. Harris. Esq., coroner for the
Sittingbourne district of Kent, held an inquest at the "Army and
Navy Inn," Sheerness, touching the death of Thomas Jones, a gunner
in the 16th Battery, 11th Brigade, Royal Artillery, Sheerness, who
committed suicide in a very singular way in Garrison Point Fort on
Friday morning.
It appeared from the evidence that between 4 and 5
on the morning in question, Gunner Thompson had occasion to get up,
when he found deceased lying full length on the ground with a cord
round his neck, which was suspended from the handle of the door of
an empty room, the handle being only 3ft from the ground. Life was
quite extinct. Evidence was given that deceased was of a morose and
eccentric disposition, and had been drinking on the previous night.
After deceased went to bed, he appeared excited, and threw his
clothes violently on the ground. He was 25 years of age, and had
been in the service about six years. The jury returned a verdict of
"Suicide during temporary insanity." |
The following licensees may be mixed with the "Army
and Navy," if indeed they are not one and the same.
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From an email received, 21 August 2024.
I was doing some research into Henry Sheepwash who was a publican in
Sheerness. He appears in the 1871 census as a licensed Victualler in
the "Army and Navy Tavern" in the High Street opposite to the entrance
to the barracks. It seems to be a tavern catering for Seamen and
Royal Marines, In the 1881 and 1891 censuses he appears at 23 High
Street - this is now the "Druids Arms" so I imagine he moved premises. In 1877 the
"Army and Navy Tavern" was sold for £3,550 to Captain Soames, R.A. (it is stated, on behalf of the Government) and was to
be converted into a soldiers' and sailors' home. It was turned into
a coffee shop but had limited success and it passed into the hands
of a Mr Crampin who converted it into a 'Sailor's Rest' providing
accommodation for sailors (Sheerness Times Guardian Saturday 26th
January 1895) Regards, John Higgs.
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LICENSEE LIST
SIMS Zechariah 1858+
COOK Daniel 1860-61+ (age 39 in 1861 )
HAMMOND H 1867+
SHEEPWASH Henry 1867-74+
 (widow age 37 in 1871)
PATIENCE William George 1902+
WOOLF Samuel David 1911-18+ (age 50 in 1911)
PRICE Harry 1930+
KIRBY Edward 1934+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/NavyArmy.shtml
Census
From the Kelly's Directory 1930
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