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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 2416 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Chatham House School, Chatham Street, Ramsgate |
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Summary
Chatham House School used by VAD during WW1
| Grid Reference: | TR 3804 6524 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOSPITAL (Modern - 1916 AD to 1917 AD (between))
Full description
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Chatham House School, now Chatham House Grammar School for Boys, was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital of 250 beds from Mar 1916 until Sep 1917. Chatham House was hit during a raid on 22nd Aug 1917, killing 2 and wounding 5 people.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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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