Special Feature
Please note that these trails do include some hills the need to cross busy roads. Walkers are advised to use pedestrian crossings where possible. To discover more about the trails, go to
www.kentww1.com.
Appledore
Appledore in WWI was representative of many small communities with fewer than 550 inhabitants at the beginning of the conflict. Tose who leſt tofight abroad were, in the main, farm workers, wheelwrights or trained to deal with horses. Te village, in the heart of the Kentish
countryside, was used as a base for the 4th Batalion the Lancashire Regiment. Significantly, in 1914 Belgian refugees, via
the port at Folkestone, were housed in Court Lodge Road. The arrivals were welcomed warmly and struck up friendships with locals, their children atended the school and worshipped in the church. In the village, the names of the 16 men who
served and fell are remembered along with the other 45 who fought and returned. Download the leaflet
www.kentww1. com/trail-files/appledore-trail.pdf
Margate
Margate was a popular seaside retreat long before the outbreak of WWI but, as the war intensified, the town and its surrounding villages became vitally important. The opening of the The Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital at the Quex Park estate and local hotels were used as convalescent homes.
It continued to attract visitors despite the
war with entertainment venues such as The Winter Gardens and, in 1915, the opening of a Cinema de Luxe. Margate was shelled from the sea and air,
with the sight of Zeppelins frightening for the locals. One aircraſt was brought down in 1916 and crashed off Margate Sands and, at low tide, the wreckage can still be seen today. Te Royal Naval Air Station at St Mildred’s
Bay, in Westgate-on-Sea, opened in June 1914 and continued throughout the war. Margate men served in all of the services, including the mercantile marine, and the town’s war memorial lists those who fell as well as ten munitions workers who died in an explosion in Faversham. There are two trails in the town – the
central and the green – which are two miles and 2.4 miles respectively and have no great challenges.
Visit
kentww1.com for details of the all the trails, interactive quizzes and booklets
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