Lest we forget

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On January 27th 2024 there was a landslide at Road of Remembrance.

The landslide uncovered a great piece of history,
One that we can help to keep preserved instead of having it hidden in earth and debris for another 110 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now we are campaigning to the Council of Folkestone and Hythe.

Petition is underway to turn a disused Victorian gents convenience into a memorial.

Thousands of British Tommie's used these facilities while fearful that they might soon lose their wives and families, as most realised they would probably never returning to British Soil.

These men in their thousands marched down Slope Road (Renamed The Road of Remembrance in 1924) on their way to board steamers awaiting them at Folkestone Harbour to cross the Channel to fight Kaiser Wilhelm of Prussia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Folkestone at this time, 1915-1918 , was the shortest route to get troops to Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit goes to Warren Press for this photo,
Photo was taken in 1920s, Not long after the war.

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WHAT A RELIEVE

Below is a photo of the gents convenience uncovered from the landslip

Photo was taken on 7th May 2024

 

 

 

 

 

TAKEN BACK BY NATURE.

Photo taken on 19th October 2024.

 

 

Germans living in UK in 1914 when the First World War started,
They were reserves asked to go home and fight for their country. 

Picture below shows the Germans under guard walking along Lower Sandgate Road up the Road of Remembrance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Military Hospital, Shorncliffe Camp - 1915

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ross Barracks, Shorncliffe Camp - 1915

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe Camp 1915

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Road of Remembrance By Hubert Worsley

Hubert Worsley Written ''Road of Remembrance'' to commemorate the Road of Remembrance leading down to Folkestone Harbour