Shorncliffe - Keeping the Memory Alive
100th anniversary of the Poppy • 7m 4s
Shorncliffe was used as a staging post for troops destined for the Western Front during the First World War and in April 1915 a Canadian Training Division was formed there. The Canadian Army Medical Corps had general hospitals based at Shorncliffe from September 1917 to December 1918.
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