Bede Tower, Burdon Road, Sunderland
Requisitioned as a hospital
Type: Hospital
A short history of the site can be found on the following pages:
http://www.bedetower.com/
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/history-nostalgia/chance-to-see-inside-sunderland-s-wartime-hospital-1-6937404
The Building was purchased by the governing body of the Eye Infirmary in 1913. During the war the buildings were used for military casualties (perhaps with eye injuries but this is unconfirmed), and as a depot for the Voluntary Aid Detachment hospitals around Sunderland for donated clothes and gifts for soldiers.
Civil Parish: Sunderland
Contributed by Durham County Record Office | Simon W
