Thomas Millard grave
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The steam. Corvette has Niger was one of the two ships used to determine the power of screw propellers as opposed to paddle wheel by towing against each other in a type of tug of war the screw proved much more efficient.
Thomas Millard was my 4x great uncle born 1827 in Walcot parish Bath England he joined the army at an early age.
I found a copy of a letter in Kew record office signing over his processions and back pay to his Mother Sussana.
His father died in 1841 in Bath his mother later remarried.
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