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Original page number: 369 John WRIGHT; Rating; Age on entry: [Not Given]; Dates...
Catalogue reference: ADM 29/57/369
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Original page number: 369
John WRIGHT; Rating; Age on entry: [Not Given]; Dates served: [Not Given]; Date and Type of Application: Whitehall 30 December 1857. For the additional following details Born: 17 April 1829, Glasgow, see also ADM 139/230 CS 22978
Peter JOHNSON; Rating; Age on entry: [Not Given]; Dates served: [Not Given]; Date and Type of Application: Whitehall 30 December 1857. For the additional following details Born: 1 July 1813, Plymouth, Devon, see also ADM 139/239 CS 23857
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