The life of E.C.Goves update.

My Great Uncle E C Groves(link), one of the three Groves brothers, had his will changed (because his army number had been changed), on 28/8/1917 when he was at Floriana Military Hospital in Malta. These were formerly the Floriana (Lintorn) Barracks. 

Photos of one of the 3 barrack buildings which were the Floriana Military Hospital during WW1. These are now Government buildings so access is limited.  The top parts of these were visible from our Hotel balcony. 

The view today. A car park, a football pitch and the Government buildings part covered in scaffolding.

Dad's view in 1954.  A parade ground and two barrack blocks.  This was the parade for Queen Elizabeth (seated) and the Duke's visit to Malta.

The view in 1917.  The barracks were used as a hospital and the parade ground a tented hospital.

Malta 2024.

Holiday 2024. Malta.

Our 1980s map from our first visit. H71 is our 2024 Hotel. The Grand Hotel Excelsior.  Fortifications are shown in black and Fort Manoel is on the other side of the harbour.
 

View of our own gun embrasure! (gun port in the wall of the bastion).

The rest of the view of the bastion, from our balcony. 

Model of Valletta's outer defences.  Our hotel replaced the curtain wall running to the bastion bottom right.  This was called 'The Quarantine Bastion' where visitors, who had been held in quarantine, over the harbour in Fort Manoel, were first allowed to land and enter the city.