Letters from Corporal J. R. Hudson of the Rifle Brigade to his aunt

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1853-1868
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RAMC/339
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Comprises correspondence:

  • RAMC/339/1: 2 letters from Portsmouth re family affairs, 1853.
  • RAMC/339/2: 15 letters from Scutari (Uskudar, Turkey) and Sebastopol in the Crimea, Russia, re assaults on Sebastopol, April-Sept 1855, description of the conditions in which British and Russian troops lived, and large number of deaths in the hospitals, 1854-1856.
  • RAMC/339/3: Letter from Dublin re family quarrel, 1857.
  • RAMC/339/4: 2 letters from India re siege of Lucknow and later fighting during the Indian Mutiny, 1858.
  • RAMC/339/5: Poem by Hudson's nephew(?) H.W. Bridgman, 1868.
  • RAMC/339/6: 2 letters from W.F. Taylor to Mrs. Thoms, from Tristan (da Cunha), 1855-1856.

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    1853-1868

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    Piece-level data moved to item record and piece records flagged for deletion in September 2025 by GO.

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