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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 NE 1353
Type of record:Building
Name:Military Hospital, Reculver Road, Herne Bay

Summary

VAD Military Hospital opened in Passmore Edwards Convalescent Home for Friendly Societies.

Grid Reference:TR 1915 6752
Map Sheet:TR16NE
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOSPITAL (Modern - 1916 AD to 1919 AD (between))

Full description

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Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital of 170 beds opened in the Friendly Societies Convalescent Home in 1916 and closed in 1919. The building is still in use.


Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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---Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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