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The Queen Alexandra Hospital began as a military hospital. It was needed to replace an older hospital that stood on Lion Street in Portsea.

Queen Alexandra Hospital was built in the years 1904-1908. The red brick buildings stood on the slopes of Portsdown Hill overlooking the village of Cosham.

Paulsgrove was then a hamlet by Southampton Road. Wymering was also a quiet little village. However, trams known as the green cars passed the hospital on their way up the hill to Horndean.

In 1926 the hospital was taken over by the Ministry of Pensions.

It was used to care for disabled ex-servicemen (who were the responsibility of the Ministry of Pensions).

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However, during the Second World War, the first civilian patients were taken to the hospital. Several huts were built to extend the hospital. However, the huts stayed for many years after the war.

In 1951 540 of the 640 beds at the hospital were transferred to the NHS.

For a time the remaining 100 beds were reserved for ex-servicemen. T