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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 244 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Village Hall and Club Room, Kemsing |
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Summary
Now St Edith's Hall. Used as Vountary Aid Detachment Hospital during World War 1.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5560 5868 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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| Parish: | KEMSING, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (between))
Full description
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St Edith's Hall, formerly the Village Hall and Club Room, was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital run by Kent/192 VAD during World War 1. The Village Hall was used between Oct 1914 and Dec 1918 and the Club Room between 1916 and Dec 1918. The Hall is still in use.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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. |
