Domestic Housing for Disabled Veterans 1900-2014
Introductions to Heritage Assets
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This short guide gives an historical overview of the care offered to disabled ex-Service personnel in England in terms of dedicated housing provision from 1900, when this first became a national concern.
Before the twentieth century, any State provision for housing disabled soldiers and sailors tended to be either within an institution or by payment of a pension. However, by then a charitable movement to care for, and especially to house, disabled veterans and their families was underway, and this developed greatly in response to increasingly destructive conflicts. This provision has left a legacy of a considerable range of historic buildings, singly or in planned groups, across England. To date, these have been little studied, notwithstanding their architectural and historical interest. Many remain the homes of ex-Service personnel, still fulfilling their original purpose.
Contents
Introduction
- Historical Background
- The Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
- The First World War, 1914-18
Economic independence
Segregated or protected housing
Tuberculosis settlements
Colonies and small-holdings
Integrated urban housing - The Inter-War Period
Local and central government response
Housing provided by war charities and voluntary organisations
The Douglas Haig Memorial Homes Trust
Veterans’ housing as war memorials - The Second World War, 1939-45
Accessible housing after 1945
Memorial housing after the Second World War - The Period Since 1945
Current provision - Further Reading
- Acknowledgements
Additional Information
- Series: Guidance
- Publication Status: Completed
- Pages: 32
- Product Code: HEAG073
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