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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 378-379: G E B Bettesworth [George Edmund Byron Bettesworth], HMS Crocodile,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1537/247
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This record is about the Folios 378-379: G E B Bettesworth [George Edmund Byron Bettesworth], HMS Crocodile,... dating from 1806 July 20 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1806 July 20
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Folios 378-379: G E B Bettesworth [George Edmund Byron Bettesworth], HMS Crocodile, Chatham. Requests the appointment of Mr Ellard, gunner on HMS Discovery, to replace Mr Lightfoot as gunner on HMS Crocodile. The latter no longer feels capable of undertaking the duties after losing a leg. He recommends him for promotion and to a ship in ordinary.
Folios 379-381: enclosure with folios 378-379. Letter dated 21 July 1806 by Robert Lightfoot, HMS Crocodile to G E B Bettesworth. Requests a new appointment to in ordinary due to his awkward situation, the loss of a leg, and his length of service.
Folio 380: blank.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap B247
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames B: 1806, numbers 1-300. (Described at item level)
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