Thanks to all for the very quick replies to my query. All I have is a reference in RAF records to officers initial training courses at The Marine Court Hotel at St Leonards on Sea. It was common practice during WWII for the Air Ministry to requisition hotels to provide accommodation for air crew training courses. An example is my father who was billeted in a seafront hotel in Blackpool in 1942. They would not have requisitioned a block of apartments as it would mean turning out the occupants. I can only think that it was a hotel that no longer exists as such or one that has had a name change. David From: David Railton [mailto:railton.david@btinternet.com] Sent: 04 November 2013 14:48 To: SUSSEX-PLUS@rootsweb.com (SUSSEX-PLUS@rootsweb.com) Subject: Marine Court Hotel, St Leonards on Sea I have a reference from 1939 of the Marine Court Hotel at St Leonards on Sea being used for Royal Air Force training courses. I cannot find this hotel as now being in existence. Can anyone tell me what the building is now, if it still exists? David

Marine Court is shaped like an ocean liner and was built as apartments in 1937 and appears not to have had an existence as a hotel. However I googled and did find a reference to Marine Court being used for officers accommodation during WW2. I do not know how reliable this information is. http://www.mark-seymour.com/heritage-in-hastings/fine-buildings-of-hastings-marine-court <http://www.mark-seymour.com/heritage-in-hastings/fine-buildings-of-hastings-marine-court> Liz On 04/11/2013 16:25, David Railton wrote: > Thanks to all for the very quick replies to my query. All I have is a > reference in RAF records to officers initial training courses at The Marine > Court Hotel at St Leonards on Sea. It was common practice during WWII for > the Air Ministry to requisition hotels to provide accommodation for air crew > training courses. An example is my father who was billeted in a seafront > hotel in Blackpool in 1942. They would not have requisitioned a block of > apartments as it would mean turning out the occupants. I can only think that > it was a hotel that no longer exists as such or one that has had a name > change. > > > > David > > > > From: David Railton [mailto:railton.david@btinternet.com] > Sent: 04 November 2013 14:48 > To: SUSSEX-PLUS@rootsweb.com (SUSSEX-PLUS@rootsweb.com) > Subject: Marine Court Hotel, St Leonards on Sea > > > > I have a reference from 1939 of the Marine Court Hotel at St Leonards on Sea > being used for Royal Air Force training courses. I cannot find this hotel as > now being in existence. Can anyone tell me what the building is now, if it > still exists? > > > > David > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >