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KIRKPATRICK IVONE: (1897-1964) British Diplomat who served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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KIRKPATRICK IVONE: (1897-1964) British Diplomat who served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the outbreak of World War I. Kirkpatrick was severely wounded in action against the Turks during the Battle of Gallipoli in August 1915 and resumed his war service in 1916 employed in intelligence and propaganda activities for the GHQ intelligence service. During the last year of the war Kirkpatrick served as a spymaster in Rotterdam, running a network of Belgian resistance agents operating in German-occupied Belgium. A fascinating original manuscript written by Kirkpatrick, being an account of his visit to the Gallipoli Battlefields and Greece, the typescript comprising eighteen pages, folio, n.p. (London), n.d. (1927), on the blind embossed stationery of the Foreign Office, with some holograph corrections and signed ('I.K.') by Kirkpatrick with his initials at the conclusion. The typescript begins with a brief introduction explaining that the account is based on notes made during a recent trip to the Eastern Mediterranean and 'as no-one will have the time or the energy to wade through the whole work' it is divided into three parts, the Gallipoli battlefields, Crete and the Dodecanese, and continues, in part, 'On arrival at Constantinople we had to obtain permits for Gallipoli through the Embassy and wait for the first boat to Chanak….The embarkation was preceded by a scene of hideous confusion on the quay. Swarms of men, women and children were struggling to have their papers stamped at each of three little windows, so arranged that anyone who had finished his business at one window was unable to leave it owing to the crowd surging round the other. Further confusion was caused by the Customs…..The S.S. Asia was a squalid little boat…..Eatable food is not procurable on board any Turkish ship, so we brought our own…..Needless to say no effort was made to sail punctually…..The night was distressingly uncomfortable…..At 11 a.m. we arrived at Chanak. The War Graves Commission's launch met us…..we went to the police office to have our papers stamped. There we were told that they were not in order and that three photographs were required…..Bored and hungry and dissatisfied we were led through the streets of Chanak to a photographer's booth….our photographs were eventually taken….After an hour we secured the still wet photographs and returned in triumph to the police office, where the same police officer informed us blandly that we had put ourselves to unnecessary trouble, since photographs were not required. The War Graves man with us showed no surprise or irritation at the behaviour of the Turkish police; he was evidently accustomed to it…..at last we crossed the straits….to Kilia Bay, where the War Graves Commission have their establishment. We were met by Captain Rule-Jones, the officer in charge…..Captain Jones gave the impression of ruthless efficiency. He has a difficult task both in dealing with the Turks and in keeping his gardeners, masons and mechanics up to the mark. He told us numerous stories of Turkish official obstruction. Sometimes his letters are returned to him on the ground that the stamp has not been put on straight…..he is not allowed to walk from Chanak to Nagara Point on the ground that he should stick to his own graves and mind his business…..Nevertheless he seems to cope most successfully with his difficulties, and he deserves the greatest credit for the condition of the cemeteries and the battlefields. There are thirty-two cemeteries in all, which have to be visited two or three times a week each. They are beautifully sited and well looked after……The battlefields are almost exactly as they were left in 1915. It is quite easy to find any given portion of trench…..On the afternoon of our arrival we motored to Anzac. The following day we spent on the Suvla battlefield and the following day at Helles. The obelisk at Helles on which are inscribed the names of the 30,000 British missing is extremely fine. It stands as a land mark at the mouth of the straits and can be seen for forty miles…..we made an expedition by car from Chanak to Troy. There is little to be seen there…..Running over the mound of Troy was a Turkish entrenchment built during the war to resist a landing…..', the second part of Kirkpatrick's account relaying his visit to Crete, Mitylene and Smyrna, 'So far as I could judge….the island looked more prosperous than when I was there in 1915…..The town of Smyrna is a melancholy spot, rather like Arras in 1918. Only the Turkish bazaar and the Turkish houses on the hill behind it remain. The rest is a mass of dusty ruins…..We were told that the destruction of Greek villages and the expulsion of the inhabitants all over Asia Minor was having a disastrous effect upon the economic life of the country……Sir Percy Loraine had written to recommend us to Major de Lacy of McAlpine and Sons, who are building a port at Candia, and we therefore expected that he would show us some civility…..We spent four days at Crete. During this time we visited the excavations at Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans and those at Phaestos by the Italian school…..Major de Lacy told us that the incompetence of the Greek administration of Crete did not end with the port. No effort is made to develop the rich resources of the island…..the local officials are as corrupt as they can be…..The population of the island look far from prosperous. We were told that they lived on a little coarse bread and a few olives…..Nevertheless the Cretans have for three thousand years been famous for the docility of their disposition, and there seems to be no reason to anticipate a revolution……The Greeks do absolutely nothing to preserve monuments or antiquities….' and the third part relating to Rhodes and some Dodecanese Islands, including visits to Patmos, Leros ('The only local industry here is Greek millionaires, who own villas and yacht during the summer. On the other side of the island there is an Italian naval base which no one is allowed to visit'), Kalymnos ('It is the only productive island….and exports about one million kilograms of tobacco a year - approximately 12 per cent of the total consumption of Italy'), Cos and Symi ('The local industry is sponge fishing. The fishermen sail as far south as Tripoli in Africa to find their sponges…..It may be of interest to note that Sir Rennell Rodd is an honorary citizen of Symi.') before arriving at Rhodes, 'Certainly the work that the Italians are doing in Rhodes is extremely impressive…..the greatest pains has been taken to maintain the architectural traditions of the island….The island outside the town also bears witness to the material prosperity brought by the Italian occupation…..We were told that the inhabitants still hanker after Greek rule, but we saw no evidence of this. They looked extremely contented and had been well drilled in the Fascist salute, which they executed on any provocation…..There is no British colony in Rhodes. The only British subject is the consul, Mr. Perkins, who is also Lloyd's representative. He is an amiable old gentleman who enjoys the esteem of the Italian authorities…..In Turkey and in Greece the tourist is obstructed rather than helped, but in Rhodes we were encouraged to go everywhere and see everything…..I attach a few picture postcards produced by the Italian official propagandist service….' and finally returning to Athens six days later via the island of Patmos ('The Governor told us that he was taking tactful steps to see that the valuable library in the monastery should be properly looked after') before sailing to Marseilles for their voyage back to England.OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CANNOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA Ltd FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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KIRKPATRICK IVONE: (1897-1964) British Diplomat who served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the outbreak of World War I. Kirkpatrick was severely wounded in action against the Turks during the Battle of Gallipoli in August 1915 and resumed his war service in 1916 employed in intelligence and propaganda activities for the GHQ intelligence service. During the last year of the war Kirkpatrick served as a spymaster in Rotterdam, running a network of Belgian resistance agents operating in German-occupied Belgium. A fascinating original manuscript written by Kirkpatrick, being an account of his visit to the Gallipoli Battlefields and Greece, the typescript comprising eighteen pages, folio, n.p. (London), n.d. (1927), on the blind embossed stationery of the Foreign Office, with some holograph corrections and signed ('I.K.') by Kirkpatrick with his initials at the conclusion. The typescript begins with a brief introduction explaining that the account is based on notes made during a recent trip to the Eastern Mediterranean and 'as no-one will have the time or the energy to wade through the whole work' it is divided into three parts, the Gallipoli battlefields, Crete and the Dodecanese, and continues, in part, 'On arrival at Constantinople we had to obtain permits for Gallipoli through the Embassy and wait for the first boat to Chanak….The embarkation was preceded by a scene of hideous confusion on the quay. Swarms of men, women and children were struggling to have their papers stamped at each of three little windows, so arranged that anyone who had finished his business at one window was unable to leave it owing to the crowd surging round the other. Further confusion was caused by the Customs…..The S.S. Asia was a squalid little boat…..Eatable food is not procurable on board any Turkish ship, so we brought our own…..Needless to say no effort was made to sail punctually…..The night was distressingly uncomfortable…..At 11 a.m. we arrived at Chanak. The War Graves Commission's launch met us…..we went to the police office to have our papers stamped. There we were told that they were not in order and that three photographs were required…..Bored and hungry and dissatisfied we were led through the streets of Chanak to a photographer's booth….our photographs were eventually taken….After an hour we secured the still wet photographs and returned in triumph to the police office, where the same police officer informed us blandly that we had put ourselves to unnecessary trouble, since photographs were not required. The War Graves man with us showed no surprise or irritation at the behaviour of the Turkish police; he was evidently accustomed to it…..at last we crossed the straits….to Kilia Bay, where the War Graves Commission have their establishment. We were met by Captain Rule-Jones, the officer in charge…..Captain Jones gave the impression of ruthless efficiency. He has a difficult task both in dealing with the Turks and in keeping his gardeners, masons and mechanics up to the mark. He told us numerous stories of Turkish official obstruction. Sometimes his letters are returned to him on the ground that the stamp has not been put on straight…..he is not allowed to walk from Chanak to Nagara Point on the ground that he should stick to his own graves and mind his business…..Nevertheless he seems to cope most successfully with his difficulties, and he deserves the greatest credit for the condition of the cemeteries and the battlefields. There are thirty-two cemeteries in all, which have to be visited two or three times a week each. They are beautifully sited and well looked after……The battlefields are almost exactly as they were left in 1915. It is quite easy to find any given portion of trench…..On the afternoon of our arrival we motored to Anzac. The following day we spent on the Suvla battlefield and the following day at Helles. The obelisk at Helles on which are inscribed the names of the 30,000 British missing is extremely fine. It stands as a land mark at the mouth of the straits and can be seen for forty miles…..we made an expedition by car from Chanak to Troy. There is little to be seen there…..Running over the mound of Troy was a Turkish entrenchment built during the war to resist a landing…..', the second part of Kirkpatrick's account relaying his visit to Crete, Mitylene and Smyrna, 'So far as I could judge….the island looked more prosperous than when I was there in 1915…..The town of Smyrna is a melancholy spot, rather like Arras in 1918. Only the Turkish bazaar and the Turkish houses on the hill behind it remain. The rest is a mass of dusty ruins…..We were told that the destruction of Greek villages and the expulsion of the inhabitants all over Asia Minor was having a disastrous effect upon the economic life of the country……Sir Percy Loraine had written to recommend us to Major de Lacy of McAlpine and Sons, who are building a port at Candia, and we therefore expected that he would show us some civility…..We spent four days at Crete. During this time we visited the excavations at Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans and those at Phaestos by the Italian school…..Major de Lacy told us that the incompetence of the Greek administration of Crete did not end with the port. No effort is made to develop the rich resources of the island…..the local officials are as corrupt as they can be…..The population of the island look far from prosperous. We were told that they lived on a little coarse bread and a few olives…..Nevertheless the Cretans have for three thousand years been famous for the docility of their disposition, and there seems to be no reason to anticipate a revolution……The Greeks do absolutely nothing to preserve monuments or antiquities….' and the third part relating to Rhodes and some Dodecanese Islands, including visits to Patmos, Leros ('The only local industry here is Greek millionaires, who own villas and yacht during the summer. On the other side of the island there is an Italian naval base which no one is allowed to visit'), Kalymnos ('It is the only productive island….and exports about one million kilograms of tobacco a year - approximately 12 per cent of the total consumption of Italy'), Cos and Symi ('The local industry is sponge fishing. The fishermen sail as far south as Tripoli in Africa to find their sponges…..It may be of interest to note that Sir Rennell Rodd is an honorary citizen of Symi.') before arriving at Rhodes, 'Certainly the work that the Italians are doing in Rhodes is extremely impressive…..the greatest pains has been taken to maintain the architectural traditions of the island….The island outside the town also bears witness to the material prosperity brought by the Italian occupation…..We were told that the inhabitants still hanker after Greek rule, but we saw no evidence of this. They looked extremely contented and had been well drilled in the Fascist salute, which they executed on any provocation…..There is no British colony in Rhodes. The only British subject is the consul, Mr. Perkins, who is also Lloyd's representative. He is an amiable old gentleman who enjoys the esteem of the Italian authorities…..In Turkey and in Greece the tourist is obstructed rather than helped, but in Rhodes we were encouraged to go everywhere and see everything…..I attach a few picture postcards produced by the Italian official propagandist service….' and finally returning to Athens six days later via the island of Patmos ('The Governor told us that he was taking tactful steps to see that the valuable library in the monastery should be properly looked after') before sailing to Marseilles for their voyage back to England.OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CANNOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA Ltd FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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