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Monument details
Summary
Site of The Royal Military Hospital, Shorncliffe Barracks. The Canadian Army Medical Corps operated its General Hospital No. 9 at Shorncliffe from Sept. 1917 to Dec. 1918. The General Hospital No. 11 operated there from Sept. 1917 to Sept. 1919.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1961 3519 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13NE |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- (Former Type) HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (throughout))
Full description
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The Royal Military Hospital, Shorncliffe Barracks (434 beds) was a central military hospital (administrative centre). The Canadian Army Medical Corps operated its General Hospital No. 9 at Shorncliffe from Sept. 1917 to Dec. 1918. The General Hospital No. 11 operated there from Sept. 1917 to Sept. 1919. The building was demolished to make way for housing. Shorncliffe military camp comprised the Military Hospital, Moore Barracks Military Hospital and Beachborough Park - Moore and Beachborough were allocated to the Canadians. Moore Barracks Canadian Hospital (967 beds) in May 1915 - on 10 Sep 1917 it became No 11 Canadian General Hospital and included the affiliated hospital at Beachborough Park.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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. |
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