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Monument record TQ 66 NE 194 - RAF Second World War Camp site 3, off Halfpence Lane, Cobham, Kent
Summary
Second World War dispersed accommodation camp 3, one of 5 camps established in late 1940/41 for the RAF airfield to the north at Thong Lane. The woodland location was to safeguard personnel from the greater risk of air bombardment if quartered at the airfield itself. After brief use by the Royal Navy in 1945, the site was used as accommodation for the homeless. After c. 1954, the huts were removed and the site returned to nature.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6803 6957 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ66NE |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Civil Parish | COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Map
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Full Description
Victor Smith, 01/01/99, 'The Camps at Ashenbank Wood' in Historic Gravesham, 1999 (Bibliographic reference). SKE14068.
Victor Smith, 01/01/99, 'The Camps at Ashenbank Wood' in Historic Gravesham, 1999 (Bibliographic reference). Ske14068.
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Record last edited
Sep 27 2018 2:25PM