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Wounded Soldiers in Tunbridge Wells, 1914-18: by Jennifer Watts
The Germans had demanded the right of passage through neutral Belgium to attack France. King Albert retorted ‘Belgium is a nation, not a road’. Belgians refused to stand aside as Germans marched through their country and resistance to their advance … Continue reading
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Tagged Bidborough Court, Chilston Road, Club Albert, Eye and Ear Hospital, Homeopathic Hospital, Jerningham House, Kent Nursing Institution, Lady Annette Matthews, Mount Sion, Sgt Georges Cantillon, Southborough, Southborough VAD, Speldhurst VAD, St John's Ambulance Corps, Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells General Hospital, Victoria Hall Southborough, Wadhurst, West Hall VAD Hospital
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The medical treatment of refugees in Tunbridge Wells, 1914-18: by Carolyn Gray
Additional material by Alison Sandford MacKenzie On 25th September 1914, the Mayor of Tunbridge Wells, Charles Whitbourn Emson called a meeting of interested parties to discuss his proposal to open a Municipal Fund and set up a Borough Committee … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgian War Relief Committee, compulsory smallpox vaccination, Compulsory Vaccination Act 1853, diphtheria, Dr Claude Wilson, Dr Thomas Clement Guthrie, DTP combined, Edward Jenner, Folkstone, health, Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Mayor Charles Emson, measles, pertussis, smallpox, spa, Susan Power, tetanus, Tunbridge Wells General Hospital, vaccination, whooping cough
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