Sir, – Tearless writes (NR 110, pp. 80–2) ‘What should be done with the Family Silver?’ To which I would add ‘And where is the church plate?’ In particular, the contents of St George’s church, Chatham, the old RN Barracks church at HMS Pembroke. Like the surviving churches of St Anne’s, Portsmouth and St Nicholas, Devonport, it was a building steeped in 20th Century naval history, its walls covered in memorials to our people and their ships over several generations. Once the Navy left Chatham, in 1983 St George’s was stripped of all its valuables and turned over to Medway Council as St George’…
