Collection of letters and notebook relating to William Luke Partridge while serving in HMS DIDO, Crimea.

A notebook consisting of a list of the duties of officers and regulations aboard, and a short collection of poetry. A collection of 20 letters from Lt. Partridge dating from 1854 aboard HMS DIDO, including a period while attached to the Naval Brigade in the Crimea, written mostly to his wife and relatives in Norfolk.

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ID:	ADL/Z/36
Type:	letters
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Partridge, William Luke
Date made:	1854
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	General and Small Collections (Manuscript) Royal Naval Air Service. Papers of Lieutenant (later Air Chief Marshal Sir) Arthur M. Longmore. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/1) Ward, Fleet Engineer James. Service papers. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/2) Murch, John, sailmaker, Greenwich Hospital out-pensioner. Service papers. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/3) Ashmore, William, captain's servant. Various papers including certificate of service and discharge certificate. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/4) Purchas, William (ca.1790-1849). Service papers and commissions. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/5) Sheppard, Frederick, b.1852. Various documents including certificate of service and discharge certificates as seaman. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/6) Holmes, Samuel (d.1837) gunner, RN. Various papers including service certificates. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/7) A collection of twenty four documents (petitions, warrants and a certificate) with notations. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/8) Bunce, Commander Benjamin, RN (d.1854). 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Collection of letters and notebook relating to William Luke Partridge while serving in HMS DIDO, Crimea.

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