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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NE 985 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Howard de Walden Institute, Marsham Street, Maidstone |
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Summary
Former Howard de Walden Institute and then Nurses' Home, now Maidstone Community Support Centre, used as VAD Hospital during World War 1.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7638 5583 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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| Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1919 AD (between))
Full description
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Howard de Walden Institute, formerly Nurses' Home for West Kent Hospital and latterly Maidstone Community Support Centre, was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital run by Kent/190 VAD of 50 beds from Sep 1914 until Mar 1919. 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Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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. |
