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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 NW 239 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Lyghe(Leigh) Institute, High Street, Leigh |
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Summary
Former Lyghe Institute during WW1
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5467 4635 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ54NW |
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| Parish: | LEIGH, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (between))
Full description
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Lyghe Institute was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital by Kent/44(Tonbridge) from July 1915 until Dec 1918. 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Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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. |
