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WW1 Dover Castle Hospital

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Shirlock

Shirlock Report 20 Jan 2005 20:16

Hello Please could anyone let me know if Dover Castle was a hospital for WW1 wounded soldiers. I know it was for WW2 soldiers. Thank you Shirley

Rachael

Rachael Report 22 Jan 2005 20:47

Hi Shirley, I had a look at the guide book I bought when I visited the castle in the summer and it doesn't mention anything about there being a hospital there in WW!, just in WWII, so it doesn't sound as though there was. The tunnels and the hospital are really interesting to see, well worth a visit if you are in that part of the world. Rachael

Peter

Peter Report 22 Jan 2005 22:13

Theres a good site on the Castle. www.dover-web.*co.*uk/dovercastle.asp remove* it tells you a lot about the tunnels but there is no mention of them beeing used as a Hos in WW1. (lots of pics)

Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 23 Jan 2005 00:17

hi just googled( Dover castle hospital for wounded soldiers) and guess what, it was ,they dug out underground tunnels for them if you cannot find it I think it was BBC Radio Kent

Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 23 Jan 2005 00:23

The new restaurant in the NAAFI block marks a return to the original purpose of the NAAFI building which was erected in 1868 to provide a canteen and recreation rooms for soldiers. Particularly popular with the troops at Dover Castle during World War I and World War II, the NAAFI remained the centre of life for off-duty troops until they were withdrawn from the castle in 1958. and this was on English-Heritage

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 23 Jan 2005 09:10

There was a military hospital in Shorncliffe (near Folkestone)not that far away, but I don't know what dates it covered. There is a military cemetery at Shorncliffe too. - Lovely spot on a hillside overlooking the sea.

Shirlock

Shirlock Report 25 Jan 2005 18:14

Hello Thank you all for the information about Dover Castle it has helped me quite a lot. Regards Shirley