Kirk, Thomas Sinclair, 1869-1940: Diary of medical officer aboard Hospital Ship 'Britannic'

Diary of Thomas Sinclair Kirk, a medical officer aboard Hospital Ship 'Britannic' on maiden voyage 23 December 1915 - 6 January 1916, during which she visited Mudros to take on wounded soldiers from Gallipoli for return to Southampton.

Describes journey from Belfast to Liverpool in S.S. 'Patriotic' on 20 December, before joining 'Britannic' on 22 December 1915. Journal includes ephemeral items attached to some pages, including printed dinner menu and concert programme, dated 27 December 1915, postcards from Baia (3) and Pozzuoli (8) in Naples Province, Italy, and two stamped and signed shore leave passes. Also includes sketch map in text showing positions at Mudros.

Front board features an applied printed label with White Star Line S.S. 'Britannic'. Front paste-down inscribed with dedication and creator's address.

Source of title - Supplied by Library

Surgeon Thomas Sinclair Kirk of Belfast was a pioneer in the use of urea for sterilising wounds and co-inventor of an articulated prosthetic limb.

Quantity: 1 volume(s) Half-bound ledger. 0.02 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: 33 x 20.5 cm, (138 pages, last 98 blank)

Provenance: Acquired by vendor from a friend. Further details unknown.

Postcards and ephemeral items pasted in on some pages