Monument record TQ 66 SW 116 - Camp D of the Wrotham (Vigo) Second World War Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit, Vigo Village, Trosley, near Wrotham, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6475 6179 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ66SW |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Civil Parish | MEOPHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Full Description
Camp D of the Wrotham (Vigo) Second World War Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit, Vigo Village, Trosley, near Wrotham, Kent, one of 5 camps (see sites 10290-1 and 3) established from the summer of 1942 for all officer candidates prior to their attendance at Officer Training Units for their selected or chosen corps. The camp consisted of training and accommodation huts and vehicle parks, with roads linking with outlying practical training areas. The camp was abandoned in 1946, occupied afterwards by the homeless, demolished in 1955 and subsequently overbuilt by new housing.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : No known traces remain
Tourism Potential : None in itself but it lends itself to interpretation in the visitor centre of the Trosley Country Park
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 03/09/07
PG Baylis, The History of the Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit Wrotham (Vigo) (privately published, undated but about 1985) (Bibliographic reference). SKE14089.
PG Baylis, The History of the Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit Wrotham (Vigo) (privately published, undated but about 1985) (Bibliographic reference). Ske14089.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SKE14089 Bibliographic reference: PG Baylis. The History of the Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit Wrotham (Vigo) (privately published, undated but about 1985).
- --- SKE14089 Bibliographic reference: PG Baylis. The History of the Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit Wrotham (Vigo) (privately published, undated but about 1985).
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2009 3:38AM