Bexhill Hospital Explained

Bexhill Hospital is a National Health Service hospital at Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. It is managed by the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

History

Following a successful fund-raising campaign chaired by Admiral Charles Eustace Anson in the late 1920s, the hospital was built on Holliers Hill and officially opened by Princess Helena Victoria in 1933.^[1] The hospital site received four direct hits from German Luftwaffe bombs on one occasion during the Second World War.^[2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: How Bexhill built its own hospital . Bexhill Hospital Friends. 24 November 2018.
2. Web site: Laughter among the bombs as Bexhill Hospital was attacked from the air .... 11 September 2006. Bexhill Observer. 24 November 2018.
3. Web site: Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill-on-Sea. National Archives. 24 November 2018.