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Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection

Papers of Assistant Surgeon David Greig

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

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, and on the Pathological Board for the Sebastopol camp, Dec 1855-June 1856, and his return to Britain, July-Sep 1856

Letter to Greig from James Syme re the death of Dr. Struther

Letter to Greig re transfer to the Crimea

Letters from doctors at Scutari to Greig's parents re his illness

Diary notes (?) re the capture of Sebastopol

Notices of events and of articles lost and found at the Sebastopol camp

Illustration of the United Service Museum's model of the (Crimean War) cemetery on Cathcart's Hill. Extracted from a printed periodical

Letter to Greig re monetary reward for his work with the Pathological Board

Notice of memorandum re permission to resign commission

Copy of portrait photograph of Greig in uniform

Orders to embark for the Crimea 21st Oct 1854

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Orders to embark for the Crimea 21st Oct 1854

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