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Monument details
HER Number: | Tq 64 SW 235 |
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Type of record: | Building |
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Name: | Blackhurst, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells |
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Summary
Blackhurst during WW1
Grid Reference: | TQ 6055 4017 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ64SW |
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Parish: | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOSPITAL (Modern - 1918 AD to 1919 AD (at some time))
Full description
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Blackhurst was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital by Kent/172 VAD from Jan 1918 for some months at the end of World War 1. The site is now a residential complex, comprising 4 separate houses.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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| Source description | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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. |