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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 1251 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Glovers, Highstead Rise, Sittingbourne |
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Summary
Site of The Glovers, formerly Glover's House, used as VAD Hospital during World War 1
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9078 6311 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96SW |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The Glovers was used as a Voluntary Aid detachment (VAD) Hospital run by Kent/72 from May 1915 until Jan 1919. The original house has been demolished to make way for housing.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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. |
