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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 NE 190 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Meadow Rooms Second World War First Aid Post, The Street, Cobham |
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Summary
Second World War First Aid Post set up in the Meadow Rooms, The Street, Cobham in late 1939. This was for the treatment of casualties from the results of air bombing. It would have been decommissioned by the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945. The Meadow Rooms survive as a parish office.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6689 6851 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66NE |
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| Parish: | COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- (Alternate Type) HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (at some time))
- CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Second World War First Aid Post set up in late 1939 in the Meadow Rooms, a brick structure with a pitched roof, on the north side of The Street, Cobham. This was for the treatment of casualties from air bombing. It was an adaptation of an existing building, with some basic care facilities provided and pre-positioned medical supplies. The exact part of the building used is not known. It would have been decommissioned by the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945. The building survives in use as a parish office.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : The interior of the building is open on usual days for public use of the Parish office but the exact room used for the First Aid Post is not known.
Tourism Potential : Would lend itself to inclusion as a point of interest on a defence heritage trail.
Condition : good
Date of visit : 16/01/06
Meadow Room ( 6 October 1914 - ) (Run by Kent/16 Gravesend (Higham)) in conjunction with Kent/92 - accomodation for 19 patients at any one time.
Strood Rural District Council, 02/07/43, Minutes of Strood Rural District Council's Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE13820.
Strood Rural District Council, 02/07/43, Minutes of Strood Rural District Council's Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske13820.
Smith, V.T.C., 20/04/06, Meadow Rooms Second World War First Aid Post, The Street, Cobham (Photograph). SKE13862.
Smith, V.T.C., 20/04/06, Meadow Rooms Second World War First Aid Post, The Street, Cobham (Photograph). Ske13862.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.
Strood Rural District Council, 28/10/39, Minutes of Strood Rural District Council's Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE13819.
Strood Rural District Council, 28/10/39, Minutes of Strood Rural District Council's Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske13819.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Bibliographic reference: Strood Rural District Council. 28/10/39. Minutes of Strood Rural District Council's Emergency Committee. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Strood Rural District Council. 02/07/43. Minutes of Strood Rural District Council's Emergency Committee. |
| --- | Photograph: Smith, V.T.C.. 20/04/06. Meadow Rooms Second World War First Aid Post, The Street, Cobham. |
| --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War. |
