Quarry Hill House on Quarry Hill was used as an auxiliary hospital during the First World War. Alicia Grice served there, starting as a probationer in 1914 and becoming a nurse in 1916 when she transferred to work in Birmingham and then went to work in France.

Source: Kent and Sussex Courier, various dates

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Image courtesy of Darrienne Price

 

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