The talk is given by Katherine Slay of the West Sussex Record Office.   
At the outbreak of the First World War, the asylum was requisitioned to serve
as a Military Hospital and the inmates were relocated to other asylums in the
area. Casualties began arriving on 24 March 1915 directly from the Western
Front, via train from Dover. The hospital was returned to civilian use in
1919 following a solemn ceremony during which the last patients left to the
sound of the Last Post.
Tickets are available from Felpham Village Post Office.  £3.00
members or £5 non members.