Monument record TR 35 NW 671 - Richborough QMAAC
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TR 3324 5879 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR35NW |
| County | KENT |
| District | DOVER, KENT |
| Civil Parish | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Military camp constructed for members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) serving at Richborough Port, (MWX43487), a major WWI port serving allied troops on the Western Front. The name of the corps was changed to Queen Mary Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) in 1918 and this site is generally known as a QMAAC camp. As with the other camps at Richborough Port, this camp was probably also composed of wooden huts - see Related Monuments.
After WWI the camp was decommissioned and its buildings appear to have been removed; the site was empty of buildings and grassed-over on RAF vertical aerial photographs of the site taken in the early 1940s [2]. These photographs show a network of faint linear marks in the grass which are probably derived from buildings associated with the camp [2].
Robert Butler, 01/01/99, Richborough Port (Bibliographic reference). SKE14158.
<1> Robert Butler, 01/01/99, Richborough Port (Bibliographic reference). Ske14158.
<1> Robert Butler, 01/01/99, Richborough Port (Bibliographic reference). Ske14158.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (20)
- Parent of: Haig Camp, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 661)
- Parent of: Headquarters, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 672)
- Parent of: Kitchener Camp, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 660)
- Parent of: Richborough Cowan Camp (Monument) (TR 36 SW 186)
- Parent of: Richborough Shipyard No 2 (Monument) (TR 35 NW 659)
- Parent of: Shipyard No 1, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 658)
- Parent of: Stonar Camp, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 670)
- Parent of: Stores Yard, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 196)
- Parent of: Stores, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 669)
- Parent of: Train Ferry Dock, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 197)
- Part of: Block and Pile Yards, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 190)
- Part of: RAF Salvage Yard, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 194)
- Part of: Richborough Construction Camp (Monument) (TR 36 SW 185)
- Part of: Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 414)
- Part of: Richborough Salvage Dump (Monument) (TR 36 SW 188)
- Part of: Richborough Stores Depot (Monument) (TR 36 SW 189)
- Part of: Robertson Camp, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 191)
- Part of: Sidings, Richborough Port (Monument) (MWX43551)
- Part of: Site of Richborough Port station (uncertain location), Minster parish (Monument) (TR 36 SW 90)
- Part of: Weatherlees Siding, Richborough Port (Monument) (MWX43282)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)
Record last edited
Mar 27 2013 1:36PM