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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 166 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | King Albert's Hospital for Convalescent Soldiers No. 4, St Gabriel's Home, Lennard Road, Folkestone |
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Summary
Site of King Albert's Hospital for Convalescent Soldiers No. 4, St Gabriel's Home, Lennard Road.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2330 3652 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- (Alternate Type) HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (between))
Full description
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Site of King Albert's Hospital for Convalescent Soldiers No. 4, St Gabriel's Home, Lennard Road. The hospital was opened on 16th December 1914 in Folkestone (the Belgian military authorities in Folkestone requested that the two Belgian ambulance units with 150 beds, which had been based there since November 1914, be added to the list). Now 11 & 11a Lennard Road.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War. |
