BBC Radio Kent
Places in Kent that tell a story of World War One
Ashford, Kent: Last WW1 Mark 4 Tank in Britain
The only remaining World War One tank of its type in Britain
Pembury, Tunbridge Wells: Cutting Edge X-Ray Technology
Century old X-rays demonstrate pioneering treatment of WW1 casualties
Cudham, Sevenoaks: The Artist who Captured the War
The story of Colin Gill, one of 300 official war artists
Folkestone, Kent: The Spies Who Loved Folkestone
How Folkestone became home to the precursors of MI5 and MI6
Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey: Pioneer Aviation
The Short brothers were crucial in WW1 aviation development
Deal, Kent: Boy Scouts on the Home Front
Some scouts were so eager to help they wrote to Lord Kitchener
Margate, Kent: Pigeons at War
100,000 pigeons were recruited as messengers during WW1
Chatham, Kent: One of the Worst Losses in British Naval History
The attack at sea that impacted national morale
Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Diary of Lady Matthews
Written for her three children about life during the Great War
Rusthall, Kent: Treating Commonwealth Soldiers
The generous lengths nurses would go to look after their patients
Weirleigh, Kent: War Poet Sassoon’s Childhood Home
The patriotic war poet who soon became an objector to WW1
Dartford, Kent: Hospital for German Prisoners of War
The newly discovered diaries of the woman who nursed German POW
Chislehurst, Kent: Woman War Correspondent
The woman who went against the grain in a male dominated profession
Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells: The Launderette to Curb Prostitution
Laundry for soldiers often returning battle-worn and ragged from the front
Court Lodge, Lamberhurst: The Manor House Hospital
The Lord and Lady who opened their home for wounded soldiers
The Grand Hotel, Folkestone: Second Home for the King of Belgium
Folkstone became the gateway to the front lines
Ridham Docks, Iwade: Depending on Women
Where women cleaned and repaired wartime equipment
London Road, Sevenoaks: Where Soldiers Were Snapped
Rediscovered photographs of soldiers
St Lawrence Cricket Ground, Canterbury: Cricketers at War
A star team shattered by war duties
Sandwich, Kent: The Secret Port
Discreetly sending supplies to the war front
Faversham, Kent: Considered Worst Disaster in Explosives Industry
Where an explosion at a munitions factory killed over 100 people
Sidcup, Kent: Reconstructive Surgery
Where soldiers with terrible facial injuries received pioneering reconstructive surgery
Folkestone, Kent: Preparing for the Front
Where soldiers were trained and billeted before leaving for the front
