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Papers concerning the Vitu operations 1890 (Manuscript)
1890
BCK/9
Loose Papers, Service Correspondence and Documents: papers concerning the Vitu operations 1890
Official service documents 1858-1905; Brackenbury, John William (Manuscript)
1858-1905
BCK/11
Loose Papers, Service Correspondence and Documents: official service documents 1858-1905
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from London, 1897 (Manuscript)
1897
BCK/13/16 dupe 1
3 Letters to his wife written from London.
Volumes, Journals and Logbooks: HMS TURQUOISE (Manuscript)
1888
BCK/3
Volumes, Journals and Logbooks: diary for 1888 kept while in HMS TURQUOISE
Volumes, Journals and Logbooks: HMS MARLBOROUGH 1862-63 (Manuscript)
1862-1863
BCK/1
Volumes, Journals and Logbooks: journal kept while a midshipman aboard HMS MARLBOROUGH 1862-3
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from England, 1901 (Manuscript)
1901
BCK/13/20
70 Letters to his wife written from England.
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from England, 1902 (Manuscript)
1902
BCK/13/21
16 Letters to his wife written from England.
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from England, 1900 (Manuscript)
1900
BCK/13/19
28 Letters to his wife written from England.
Letters from Brackenbury to his wife from HMS FLIRT, 1880 (Manuscript)
1880
BCK/13/4
73 letters (including 5 photographs) to his wife written from HMS FLIRT.
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS TRIUMPH, 1878 (Manuscript)
1878
BCK/13/2
15 Letters to his wife written from HMS TRIUMPH.
Empty envelopes of correspondence of Admiral John William Brackenbury. (Manuscript)
1870-1902
BCK/13/17
Empty envelopes which formerly housed Admiral Brackenbury's correspondence.
Newspaper cuttings relating to Admiral John William Brackenbury. (Manuscript)
1879-1918
BCK/13/16
9 Newspaper cuttings including obituaries of Brackenbury, 1879-1918.
Accounts of Admiral John William Brackenbury. (Manuscript)
1898
BCK/14
Accounts: 4 accounts for clothes, shoes and spirits, 1898.
Loose Papers, Service Correspondence and Documents: official correspondence 1879-1896 (Manuscript)
1879-1896
BCK/6/1-10
Loose Papers, Service Correspondence and Documents: official correspondence 1879-1896
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS MAGNIFICENT, 1899 (Manuscript)
January 1899 - March 1899
BCK/13/18/A
19 Letters to his wife written from HMS MAGNIFICENT.
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS MAGNIFICENT, 1898 (Manuscript)
January 1898 - September 1898
BCK/13/17/A
73 Letters to his wifw written from HMS MAGNIFICENT.
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS TURQUIOSE, 1891 (Manuscript)
1891
BCK/13/13
18 Letters to his wife written from HMS TURQUOISE.
Further letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS THALIA, 1882 (Manuscript)
1882-09 - 1882-11
BCK/13/6/B
23 letters to his wife written from HMS THALIA
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS MAGNIFICENT, 1898 (Manuscript)
1898-10 - 1898-12
BCK/13/17/B
Letters to his wife written from HMS MAGNIFICENT.
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS EDINBURGH, 1893 - including details of a collision between HMS CAMPERDOWN and HMS VICTORIA (Manuscript)
1893-06 - 1893-12
BCK/13/15/B
43 Letters to his wife written from HMS EDINBURGH, including one dated 23 June 1893 concerning the collision between HMS CAMPERDOWN ansd HMS VICTORIA.
Further letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS EDINBURGH, 1892 (Manuscript)
1892-06 - 1892-12
BCK/13/14/B
37 Letters to his wife written from HMS EDINBURGH.
Further letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS MAGNIFICENT, 1899 (Manuscript)
1899-04 - 1899-10
BCK/13/18/B
21 Letters to his wife written from HMS MAGNIFICENT.
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