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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NW 377 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Dorton House, Wildernesse Avenue, Seal |
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Summary
Wildernesse VAD Hospital during WW1
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5484 5637 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NW |
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| Parish: | SEAL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (between))
Full description
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Wildernesse Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital of some 20 beds was located at Dorton House from Oct 1914 until Dec 1918 and operated by Kent/6 VAD. The buildings were used by the Royal London Society for the Blind until 2013.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War. |
