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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NW 262
Type of record:Monument
Name:VAD hospital The Thicket, Cross Road, Birchington

Summary

The Thicket (St Michael's) Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital, Cross Road, used 15th October and July 1916 -January 1919 as an annexe of Quex Park.


Grid Reference:TR 3035 6955
Map Sheet:TR36NW
Parish:BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • (Former Type) HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1919 AD (between))

Full description

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The Thicket (St Michael's) Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital, Cross Road, used 15th October and July 1916 -January 1919 as an annexe of Quex Park. The building, a former Convalescent Home (Epoch 4 map) has been demolished.


Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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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---Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.