The Malta Garrison 1924

Garrison Strength

1 Jan 1924: 188 officers, 3,298 rank and file.
1 July 1924: 191 officers, 3,433 rank and file.

Military Hospital Mtarfa

Mtarfa Military Hospital Isolation Block

The Neo-Classical single storey Isolation Block was erected in the grounds of the hospital in 1924.

The two storied sisters' quarters and QARANC Officers Mess was built at Mtarfa in 1924.

The isolation blocks were not in a good state of repair when the military hospital was taken over by the Navy in 1962, and were not incorporated in the Royal Naval Hospital Mtarfa.

Married quarters for RAMC soldiers existed in a block outside the hospital gates. These consisted of ten flats which were declared substandard. The army never modernized them and the flats were used on a temporary basis only.

In 1964, when the military hospital was being converted into a Combined Services Hospital, the flats were offered to the Navy to accommodate key ratings whose duties required them to be within immediate call.

Baptisms Barracca Garrison Church Valletta 1924

11 Jan Diana Patricia Swan born 23 November 1923, daughter of Ada Bryant and Accountant Sgt Maj Sidney John Swan Corps Military Accountants of Notre Dame Ravelin, Floriana.

Bibliography

Drew R, Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army Vol II. Roll of Officers in the Royal Army Medical Corps 1898–1960. London The Wellcome Historical Medical Library 1968.

General monthly returns of the regimental strength of the British Army for 1 January 1924.

General monthly returns of the regimental strength of the British Army for 1 June 1924.

General monthly returns of the regimental strength of the British Army for 1 December 1924.

TNA:ADM 1/28809, Work study report – conversion of David Bruce Military Hospital Imtarfa to Royal Naval Hospital Malta.

The Royal Army Medical Corps
And the Malta Garrison
1924