BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

Impressive - Oakley House Auxiliary Hospital

Author:
Mark Eyles-Thomas
PDProvGM West Kent, Member of Beauchamp Lodge No.1422
Date:
5 February 2023
The Oakley House Auxiliary Hospital

Oakley House Auxiliary Hospital opened at Oakley House, Bromley Common in 1915. It was staffed by the Kent 50 Voluntary Aid Detachment, who had previously operated a number of very small hospitals in private homes across the town, these small hospitals were closed on the opening of Oakley Houser.

A black and white photograph of the rear of Oakley House, Auxiliary Hospital with a number of patients with bandages covering their wounds

A modern colour photograph of the rear of Oakley House
Rear of Oakley House today
An image of the uniform patch of the Saint John’s Voluntary Aid Detachment
St John’s VAD insignia

For more information about to Voluntary Aid Detachment click here

A black and white photograph of Violet Jessop in her Voluntary Aid Detachment uniform
Violet Jessop in her Voluntary Aid Detachment uniform

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