Royal Naval Hospital Bighi (RNH Bighi) also known as Bighi Hospital, was a major naval hospital located in the small town of
Kalkara on the island of
Malta. It was built on the site of the gardens of Palazzo Bichi, that was periodically known as Palazzo Salvatore. RNH Bighi served the eastern Mediterranean in the 19th and 20th centuries and, in conjunction with the
RN Memorial Hospital at Imtarfa, contributed to the nursing and medical care of casualties whenever hostilities occurred in the Mediterranean. The building is now known as Villa Bighi and it houses a restoration unit.
Bighi Naval Hospital Cemetery was within the surrounding property of the hospital. (See plan of 1849 - photograph 4)
Below is a list of some of the burials that were in Hospital Naval (Hospital) Cemetery. No periods
1838
Temple Arthur Francis ANNESLEY. Born 18 April 1813 at Topsham, Devon to 10th Viscount Arthur and Eleanor Annesley, nee O’Brien 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Marines, HMS Russell, died 3rd January 1838.
Richard BOHANNA
Arthur BOULTON
Thomas BROTHERTON
Percy BROWN
William BUCHAN
George BURGESS
F. CHARTON
Archibald E. CHURCHER
Dridson CLEAR, HMS Spartiate, died 18th October
Clara Alice CRANBROOK
William HEATH
William McMILLAN
John MONDAY
William RUTLER
Harry STARKS
Louisa E. STEAR
William TAYLOR
1902
He was the son of Rundel Burges and Helen Theresa Watson.
He died 21 September 1902 aged 55 years of double pneumonia.
Wills and Admin, Ancestry.
Burges Watson of Portsmouth, Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy C.V.O. Died 21 September 1902 in Malta.
His effects went to his widow Marie Therese Watson.
Western Times - Wednesday 24 September 1902
FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL WATSON.
Malta Tuesday.
The funeral of Rear-Admiral Bunges Watson took place to-day in the Old Naval Cemetery, Bighi. The funeral party was under the command of Commander Hood, of the late Admiral's flagship. Ramillies. The warships and fortress fired salutes.
1903
Ernest WILLIAMSON Lieutenant 1343 Royal Navy on HMS Bacchante
Born 11 November 1871 at Islington to Harry Williamson of 27 Russell Road, Kensington, Middlesex
Died 11 July 1903 at the Royal Navy Hospital, Malta from syncope, (a loss of consciousness for a short period of time) Laid to rest in Royal Naval Cemetery, Bighi, Malta
