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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 SE 895 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Brewood School, formerly The Grange, First World War hospital |
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Summary
During the first months of the First World War, The Grange, now Brewood School, was opened as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) hospital. It had 28 beds and became famous during the War as the site where a German spy was arrested while posing as a wounded Belgian soldier.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3698 5228 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | DEAL, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- (Alternate Type) HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1919 AD)
- VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
Full description
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During the first months of the First World War, The Grange, now Brewood School, was opened as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) hospital. It had 28 beds and became famous during the War as the site where a German spy was arrested while posing as a wounded Belgian soldier.(1) At one time The Grange Hospital was comprised of four buildings: The Grange (I) 28 beds, Sholden Lodge (II) 52 beds, Winchester House (III) and later the White House, London Road, Maristhorpe (IV) 60 beds, Beach Street.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.
<1> Addelham history Group, http://www.eastkenthistory.org.uk (Website). SKE31392.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War. |
| <1> | Website: Addelham history Group. http://www.eastkenthistory.org.uk. |
Related records
| TR 35 SE 127 | Parent of: VAD Hospital Winchester House, 110 London Road, Deal (Building) |
