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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 54 SE 246
Type of record:Monument
Name:West Hall, Chilston Road, Tunbridge Wells

Summary

Site of former West Hall, now Chilston Close - used during World War 1


Grid Reference:TQ 5846 4038
Map Sheet:TQ54SE
Parish:ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1915 AD (between))

Full description

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Site of former West Hall, now Chilston Close, was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital form Oct 1914 until 1915 during World War 1. Original building has been demolished 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Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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---Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004.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.