Help is needed to plot key locations from Gravesend’s past ahead of the launch of an innovative project to bring to life the town’s links to the First World War.

The Heritage Lottery funded 100 Miles for 100 Years initiative is seeking to create trails in 30 locations across Kent to mark the centenary of the Great War, which raged from 1914 to 1918.

Dartford and Gravesend are set to get two trails each and it is hoped all 30 routes will be open early next year, with a walk featuring 3,000 people planned to launch the project on the last weekend of February.

Before then, Screen South – which is running the project with the help of a £100,000 grant – needs the assistance of residents and local history buffs.

The creative agency, which is behind the www.kentww1.com website, is looking for pictures of locations and more information on them.

Darrienne Price, head of First World War heritage at the company, said: “We want to be able to tell people about this area’s connections to the war through stories from people’s lives, because I think that makes everything a lot more real.

“The routes in Gravesend are pretty much worked out and we walked them on Monday to check everything worked. We’re still after contributions to nail down locations and potentially get photographs of the locations during the war.”

Once the routes are up and running people will be able to take self-guided tours of the area, with bite-sized summaries and more in-depth information available both on the project’s website and on an app.

Mrs Price added: “People will be able to dip in and out of the routes.

“The Gravesend trails will be open before Christmas and Dartford’s will follow soon after.”

As part of the project Screen South want to hear from people who can provide:

• The exact location of the old police station in Gravesend High Street
• The street number for the old Gravesend Library in Windmill Street
• Pictures and exact locations for the pontoon between Gravesend and Tilbury, Russell’s Brewery in West Street and the Yacht Club, in Clifton Marine Parade
• The exact points which the Ferry Boat ran between
• Images and information about Gravesend Imperial Paper Mill and its memorial plaque, the Rosherville Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) Hospital and Gravesend’s railway station
• Any information about boats which used the river, Milton Barracks, munitions, lady tram drivers, the iron works, the building of concrete ships at Northfleet Dockyard and Captain Robert Campbell, including where his mother lived
• All photos should come with permission to reproduce and to contribute. Call 01303 2597770

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