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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 SW 162 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Lympne Castle, Castle Close, Lympne |
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Summary
Convalescent Hospital during World War 1.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1191 3466 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13SW |
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| Parish: | LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOSPITAL (Modern - 1916 AD to 1917 AD (between))
Full description
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Lympne Castle was used as a 70-100 bed Convalescent Hospital for Canadian soldiers from Oct 1916 until Feb 1917. The building 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Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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. |
