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Monument record TR 23 NW 159 - VAD hospital, The Westcliff Hotel, Sandgate Road, Folkestone
Summary
Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital, The Westcliff Hotel, Sandgate Road. The hotel was used as a Canadian-run eye and ear hospital with 325 beds, from 20 October 1915 to 20 September 1919.
Location
| Grid reference | TR 2232 3571 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR23NW |
| Civil Parish | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
| County | KENT |
| District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
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Full Description
Voluntary Aid Detatachment hospital, The Westcliff Hotel, Sandgate Road. The hotel was used as a Canadian-run eye and ear hospital with 325 beds, from 20 October 1915 to 20 September 1919. The hospital originally had a plastic surgery department, , this transferred in May 1917 to the Ontario Hospital, Orpington. The building, formerly known as Hotel Majestic, was demolished to make way for re-development.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SKE31644 Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.
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Record last edited
Nov 22 2016 2:10PM