Certificate, Great Dixter, Northiam, East Sussex

Certificate, Great Dixter, Northiam, East Sussex

Photograph taken 1920 - 1929 © Historic England Archive ref: BB008352

A certificate commemorating the role of Great Dixter as an army hospital during the First World War.

Location

East Sussex Northiam

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

Themes

Thousands of soldiers were stationed in training camps near to the village of Fovant, Wiltshire during the 1914-1918 war. In memory of those who died on the battlefields, many regiments created replica cap badges on the adjacent chalk downs by turf cutting and infilling with chalk. Although many badges have not survived, several were recently restored and are now Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

World War One

Tags

army military hospital war work memorial world war one (1914 - 1919) world one first ww1 wwi