Papers of Assistant Surgeon David Greig

Date:
1854-1860
Reference:
RAMC/392
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Comprises:

  • RAMC/392/1: Orders to embark for the Crimea, 21st Oct 1854.
  • RAMC/392/2: Letter from Professor Simpson to Doctors Greig, Johnston and Struther, re Lord Blantyre's conditions upon helping them to go to the Crimea as medical officers, 22 October 1854.
  • RAMC/392/3: Letters from Greig to his family, containing detailed accounts of his activities, making preparations and travelling to Constantinople (now Istanbul), Oct 1854; working at Scutari Hospital (Uskudar, Turkey), Nov-Dec 1854; caring for Russian casualties at Kululee, near Scutari, Jan-March 1855; serving with the 17th regiment at Sebastopol, April-Dec 1855; on the Pathological Board for the Sebastopol camp, Dec 1855-June 1856; and his return to Britain, July-Sep 1856.
  • RAMC/392/4: Letter to Greig from James Syme re the death of Dr. Struther, 13 February 1855.
  • RAMC/392/5: Letter to Greig re transfer to the Crimea, 21 February 1855.
  • RAMC/392/6: Letters from doctors at Scutari to Greig's parents re his illness, February-March 1855.
  • RAMC/392/7: Diary notes re the capture of Sebastopol, October 1855.
  • RAMC/392/8: Notices of events and of articles lost and found at the Sebastopol camp, 1856.
  • RAMC/392/9: Illustration of the United Service Museum's model of the (Crimean War) cemetery on Cathcart's Hill. Extracted from a printed periodical, c.1856.
  • RAMC/392/10: Letter to Greig re monetary reward for his work with the Pathological Board, September 1856.
  • RAMC/392/11: Notice of memorandum re permission to resign commission, November 1856.
  • RAMC/392/12: Copy of portrait photograph of Greig in uniform. 2 copies, c.1856.

    • Publication/Creation

    1854-1860

    Physical description

    1 file (in 2 parts)

    Related material

    For further papers of Greig, see RAMC 195 and 226

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