Albert Barracks
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The Albert Barracks was a major British military installation that overlooked Auckland, New Zealand, from the mid-1840s to 1870, during the city's early colonial period. The perimeter wall was built b
Watercolour of the Albert Barracks in 1859
Albert Barracks wall remnant in 2016
58th Regiment NCOs
Col Thomas Mould, RE
William Biddlecomb Marlow
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Major General William Biddlecomb Marlow was an English military engineer of the Corps of Royal Engineers. In New Zealand he played key role in the battles of the Flagstaff War—Ōhaeawai, Ruapekapeka—an
Albert Barracks
…Captain George Augustus Bennett, as the barracks developed before his death in April 1845. It was built under the direction of his replacement, Major William Biddlecomb Marlow, RE, and the supervision of Clerk of Works George Graham, enclosing the 22 acres (8.9 ha) site. Tenders were called for construction of the perimeter…
The targeted northern corner, north face and west flank, of Ōhaeawai pā from the British camp, 1845. Artist: Cyprian Bridge, 58th Regiment
Chatham test stockaded work based on Marlow's drawings of Heke’s pā, 1846
Cross-section of Ruapekapeka