Old soldiers' home in the ranks before receiving a commission. The site for the Royal Hospital was an area of Chelsea which held an incomplete building "Chelsey College", a theological college James I founded in 1609. The Royal Hospital opened its doors to the Chelsea Pensioners in 1692 for "the relief and succour" of veterans. Some of the first soldiers admitted included those injured at the Battle of Sedgemoor. The hospital maintains a 'military-based culture which puts a premium on comradeship'. The in-pensioners are formed into three companies, each headed by a Captain of Invalids (an ex-Army officer responsible for the 'day to
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children appointment of lead artist, Ray Smith and Eva Elsner and Annie Lovejoy who contributed to the planning of the commissions programme. Artworks were commissioned from more than twenty artists, many of which were site specific. These commissions were funded by the hospitals own fundraising arm, The Wallace and Gromit Grand Appeal. Records of the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 37424) (online catalogue) and School of Nursing records (Ref. 38973) (online catalogue). Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, also known as the Bristol Children's Hospital, is a paediatric hospital in Bristol,