World War I

Wounded Soldiers in Hove

By Adam Dennis

This photograph of a group of soldiers shows my great grandfather Charles Sparks, second from the left.  As you can see the notation suggests a hospital in Hove.  Does anyone know which hospital that might be?

The photograph is apparently one of the European War Series 206.  I wonder if this means anything to anyone.  Charles Sparks was a Royal Engineer for the East Surrey Regiment.  This shows him having lost two fingers on his right hand.  He was sent back to the front and lost his left arm judging from the only photo of him that was taken after he lost his arm.  Charles died in 1943 aged 53.