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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NW 400
Type of record:Monument
Name:Wouldham Camp

Summary

Camp and training ground used by the Royal Engineers for training in bridge building.


Grid Reference:TQ 7124 6526
Map Sheet:TQ76NW
Parish:WOULDHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Site of Royal Engineers camp used for training in building pontoon bridges. Hard at bank of Medway for launching pontoons, (1) Os 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions.
All huts on site have been removed.

WWII PoW camp. Demolished. Designated as a German Working Camp. (1)


<1> Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.

<2> English Heritage, 2003, Prisoner of War Camps (1939-1948) (Unpublished document). SKE16521.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication.
<2>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2003. Prisoner of War Camps (1939-1948).