Item 654 - Thomas Ormsby to Christopher Ormsby

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UGA LE40/18/5/654

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Thomas Ormsby to Christopher Ormsby

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  • 15/02/1853

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Letter from Thomas Ormsby, 2 Liverpool Terrace, Dover, England, eldest son of Peter Ormsby and nephew to Christopher Ormsby, 134 Rathfarnham Rd., Dublin. where he refers to his return from Belgium and that he expects a letter from Anthony [his brother] "I am sure the troops in Burmah are undergoing great privations, Anthony was constantly exposed night after night in open boats, badly provisioned and lucky if they even had the soldier's ration to subsist upon - he distinguished himself much at the first taking of Prome ... the 80th were the first to land ..." Mention of his sister Sarah, who told him "you would be glad to hear from me".

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      05/09/2018
      11/07/2025

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