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1 Jul 55 Julius Fulwood Barracks, Preston Father ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Fulwood Br'ks, Preston

July 1st/55

Dear Father

I go out tomorrow morng. so I am going to draw on Cox* for 15£ which I do not think is too much: I have not got any money there to meet it, but you said you would advance me something; (you ought to allow me the same as John).

I hear it is necessary to have a certificate from Cox to be able to draw on him out of England so will you see about it & send it to Malta to me.

We got the order this morng & we leave here at 5 tomorrow morng.

The luggage that will arrive in Hyde PP* is as follows

1 Set of Drawers

1 Bedding in Valise

1 Arm Chair

1 Portmanteau

1 Bath & Washing Stand

1 Canteen

1 Bed

Will you write & tell me whether it is all right.

The name of the ship is Warspirit, a sailer & not steamer which is a great bother.

I suppose I shall not get on very well much before I get to Malta, but if I am alright I think I shall keep a kind of journal.

from yr. affect. son

Julius, Dyson, Laurie

Ens. 34th

* Cox – Formerly Greenwood, Cox & Co, Bankers and Regimental Agents

* HPP – Hyde Park Place, his father’s home

Julius was by no means the youngest British combatant in the Crimean war. Admiral Arthur Wilson VC had served as a 13 year old midshipman aboard 'Algiers' in the Black Sea in 1855 and, like Julius, received a Crimean medal with a Sebastopol clasp.