Kent 2nd Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 20 February 1920
Attended by: Unknown

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

35006

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Current location

St George the Martyr Church
Church Hill
Ramsgate
Thanet
Kent
CT11 8RA
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 38170 65210
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Red Cross flag of the Kent 2nd Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) with corresponding metal plaque.

Inscription

BENEATH THIS RED CROSS/FLAG OF KENT 2ND VAD/2073 SICK AND WOUNDED WERE/NURSED IN RAMSGATE/BETWEEN OCT 10 1914 AND OCT 17 1917/FIRST AT THE ROYAL SAILOR'S REST/AND SUBSEQUENTLY AT/NETHERCOURT, ST LAWRENCE./IN ADDITION TO BRITISH AND /COLONIAL TROOPS FROM THE ARMIES/IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS, THE FIRST/BELGIAN WOUNDED TO BE RECEIVED/IN ENGLAND (OCT1914)/WERE NURSED IN THIS HOSPITAL./IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/SUFFERING BRAVELY BORNE/AND SERVICE GLADLY GIVEN/THE FLAG WAS OFFERED/DEDICATED AND DEPOSITED IN THE/VOCTORY CHAPEL OF ST GEORGE'S/PARISH CHURCH, RAMSGATE./FEB 20,1920.

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Church council

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