TR 15 NE 946 - Second World War Civil Defence first-aid-post and rest centre at the Baptist Church Hall, St George’s Place, Canterbury

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Building record TR 15 NE 946 - Second World War Civil Defence first-aid-post and rest centre at the Baptist Church Hall, St George’s Place, Canterbury

Summary

By early 1942 there was first-aid-post in the Baptist Church Hall on St George’s Place. In mid-to-late 1942, a rest centre seems to have been established here.

Location

Grid reference	TR 1529 5748 (point)
Map sheet	TR15NE
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING (Modern - 1941 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full Description

By early 1942 there was a civil-defence first-aid-post in the capacious Baptist Church Hall on St George’s Place A couple of months after the extensive destruction of rest centres during the ‘Baedeker’ raid of 1 June 1942, a replacement centre seems to have been established here.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Unknown
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Condition : unknown
Date of visit :

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE14847.

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). Ske14847.

Canterbury Fortress Command, 01/01/42, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942 (Unpublished document). SKE14848.

Canterbury Fortress Command, 01/01/42, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942 (Unpublished document). Ske14848.

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--- SKE14847 Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
--- SKE14847 Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
--- SKE14848 Unpublished document: Canterbury Fortress Command. 01/01/42. War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942.
--- SKE14848 Unpublished document: Canterbury Fortress Command. 01/01/42. War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942.