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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NW 413
Type of record:Monument
Name:Fernleigh, London Road, Larkfield

Summary

Site of Fernleigh, Larkfield, used during World War 1


Grid Reference:TQ 7067 5852
Map Sheet:TQ75NW
Parish:EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOSPITAL (Modern - 1915 AD to 1919 AD (between))

Full description

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Fernleigh, Larkfield was used as a 26 bed Vountary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital, possibly run privately, in World War 1 from 1915 until possibly 1919. It was demolished in 1966 to make way for housing.


Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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---Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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