In the spring of 1915, Malta was warned to prepare itself to receive the wounded from Churchill’s failed Gallipoli campaign. With just four hospitals on the small island and a maximum capacity of 500 beds, this was no small challenge. The first of the Allied soldiers arrived on the island on 4th May 1915, there were 1,200.
Discover how the First World War transformed Malta into a hospital island caring for over 136,000 men during the course of the war.