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Purchas, William (ca.1790-1849). Service papers and commissions.
Purchas, William (ca.1790-1849). Service papers and commissions, 1811-1814, with some papers relating to his subsequent career, 1817-49 (Related Material BGY/P/2).
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ID:
ADL/Z/5
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Date made:
1811-01-01 - 1814-12-31; 1811-1814
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). Various papers including some correspondence with some details of slavery. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/9)
Baldwin, Engineer Rear-Admiral George William. Appointments to the CBE and the CB, both signed by King George V. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/10)
Barton, Admiral Mathew (1715-95). Four commissions and a memoranda of services re 1778-93. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/11)
Edwards, John. Passports and commission to yacht WILLIAM AND MARY; two extracts re actions copied from ship's logbooks. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/12)
Crichton, Commander William (d.1872) Two commissions, one letter received and a document about court martial of Captain W.O. Pell. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/13)
Elbrow, Commander Claude Bertram, (1888-1943), Service certificates and papers including Admiralty appointments and examination sheets. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/14)
Collection of nine commissions of Commander Thomas Wells. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/15)
Service certificates and other documents of George Johnson, Master RN and George Rose Johnson, Assistant Paymaster, RN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/16)
Russell, Henshaw. Certificates and commissions including part of a log for HMS LORD WARDEN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/17)
Pascoe, Commander Maurice Clive (1899-1982). Various papers including service papers. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/18)
Commissions of Staff Commander Henry Harper, Captain Thomas Mansel and Lieutenant Alfred Young, and other documents. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/19)
Aylmer family documents including commissions, marriage bond and probate. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/20)
Letters and documents relating to Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/21)
Hooper, Thomas H., carpenter RN - service certificates; Pickard, Lt-Commander Edward John William Hodge: Commission as Chief Artificer Engineer. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/22)
List of the ships of the French Navy; list of Spanish troops and Navy and a printed table giving rates of pay of officers and men in the RN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/23)
Victualling Office letter; blank printed will form for use by sailors; blank printed excise form. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/24)
Clarke, Thomas (b.1843): diary of events on HMS INDUS and LIVERPOOL; service certificate; four prints of various HM ships; photographic print of an army display. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/25)
Parrott, Captain Jasper, OBE RN., Paymaster: collection of official Admiralty letters of appointment; certificates of service; letters re the award of the OBE and his retirement from the Navy. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/26)
Pawsey, Paymaster-in-Chief C.J. and Lieutenant Commander M.J.W.; various items, including cable, letter and invitation to memorial service re the sinking of HMS VICTORIA. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/27)
Kennedy, Brigadier-General Charles Henry, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Service Certificates, testimonials, etc. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/28)
Bilby, Thomas, Chief Stoker RN. Various items including Service Certificate. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/29)
Bevan, Samuel, Able Seaman. Various items including Certificate of Service. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/30)
Caton, William Arthur RN,Ch. Yeo. Sigs.; various items including Service certificates. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/31)
Documents of Peter Brown and George Burns. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/32)
Document regarding the loss of the ASSURANCE, off the Needles. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/33)
Edward Russel, Admiral of the Fleet, Earl of Orford, (1655-1727), account of expenses. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/34)
Papers relating to the Mitchell family (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/35)
Collection of letters and notebook relating to William Luke Partridge while serving in HMS DIDO, Crimea. (letters) (ADL/Z/36)
Photographs and postcards of “HMS KIMBERLEY” and Commander H J P Crousaz, DSC, RN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/37)
Letters, John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859 - 1935), Sir Edward Seymour, Waymouth and Robertson to Albert Bevis, able seaman, late of the CENTURION, 1900 - 1904; Newspaper cuttings and photograph copies. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/38)
Certificates of service for Naval Officer Thomas Totty, orders and letters. (Certificates, letters and orders) (ADL/Z/39)
Letters concerning the court martial of Admiral John Byng, 1756-1757 (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/40)
Certificates and photograph relating to the career of Fleet Surgeon Robert Dundonald Jameson, HMS KING GEORGE V, 1918. (maunscript) (ADL/Z/41)
Service documents for James Reveley, Master, RN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/42)
Service documents belonging to Captain (Fore Top) John Joseph Jackman, Royal Navy and later Chief Seamanship Instructor, Chinese Imperial Navy. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/43)
Wartime fictional story and papers of John Frederick Denman, Fl. 1914 - 1955 (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/44)
Collection of warrants and commissions (four), 1747/1748 to 1826. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/45)
Documents relating to naval dockyards and finance, 1618-1689 (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/46)
A collection of fourteen naval documents, comprising of letters, warrants, commissions, certificates and memorander, chiefly relating to the Admiralty or Navy Commissioners. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/47)
Collection of papers relating to Commander Osman Cyril Horton Giddy. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48)
Service papers of Staff Surgeon Frederick Harvey, R.N. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/49)
Papers and medals relating to the service of William S. Smith, Civilian Signal Supervisor. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/50)
Documents relating to Gordon Charles Steele, R.N., and Admiral Sir G.B. Rodney. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/51)
Series of Letters to and from Sir William Edward Parry. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/52)
Documents relating to naval administration in the Commonwealth period and the wars of William III. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/53)
Collection of documents relating to the ordnance office, Portsmouth, 1696-1712 and 1762. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/54)
A series of journals and papers by William Bruce, surgeon on HMS HASTINGS. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/55)
Collection of papers belonging to Lieutenant Ian Forbes during and after Second World War. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/56)
Custance family collection of logbooks and war dairies. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/57)
Small collection of Harold Crofton on board HMS ARETHUSA and HMS CURACOA. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/58)
Roll of Honour for Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves and notebooks. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/59)
Collection of diaries and photos of George Foster Braithwaite Page , Surgeon Commander, 1890-1969. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/60)
Collection of naval manuscripts. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/61)
Papers of Rear-Admiral James Francis Ballard Wainwright (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/63)
Personal papers of William Child, Lieutenant. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/64)
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