Letter from Captain John Carrick Simpson, Second Mate on GLOUCESTER CASTLE, during the Gallipoli landing
Typed copy (the original no longer exists) of letter from John Carrick Simpson to his father, John William Simpson, giving a first-hand account of the lead-up to and events of the Gallipoli landing in the spring of 1915. Simpson was serving as First Officer on the Union-Castle Line passenger liner GLOUCESTER CASTLE when it was requistioned as a transport hospital ship. The letters are dated between 12 Mar 1915 and 22 May 1915 and cover proceeedings from Malta to Port Mudros in Greece, operations at Gallipoli, then the homeward voyage to Southampton.
Related material:
RMG Item reference: RSS/CL/1915/3920/10A - Crew List: Agreements and Official Logs for Ship Gloucester Castle, Official Number 132592
RMG Item reference: RSS/CL/1915/3920/11 - Crew List: Agreements and Official Logs for Ship Gloucester Castle, Official Number 132592
Related material:
RMG Item reference: RSS/CL/1915/3920/10A - Crew List: Agreements and Official Logs for Ship Gloucester Castle, Official Number 132592
RMG Item reference: RSS/CL/1915/3920/11 - Crew List: Agreements and Official Logs for Ship Gloucester Castle, Official Number 132592
Record details
| Item reference: | SIMS/1; REG20/000327 REG20/000327.1 |
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| Catalogue section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 1 file (1 letter; 54 pages) |
| Date made: | Mar 1915 - May 1915; 1915 |
| Creator: | Simpson, John Carrick |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letter from Captain John Carrick Simpson, Second Mate on GLOUCESTER CASTLE, during the Gallipoli landing (Manuscript) (SIMS/1)
- Drawing of the headland at Gaba Tepe on the Gallipoli peninsular, 1915. (Manuscript) (SIMS/2)
- Newspaper cutting of an obituary for John Carrick Simpson (Manuscript) (SIMS/3)
- Single sheet with a typescript biography of John Carrick Simpson (Manuscript) (SIMS/4)