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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 53 NE 425 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Calverley Lodge, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells |
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Summary
Site of former Calverley Lodge, now Salvation Army Citadel, during World War 1
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5918 3938 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ53NE |
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| Parish: | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOSPITAL (Modern - 1917 AD to 1918 AD (at some time))
Full description
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Site of Calverley Lodge, now Salvation Army Citadel. This buliding was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital at some time during World War 1 from Apr 1917 onwards. The original house has been demolished and replaced after WW2.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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. |
