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>My great,great grandfather was Alexander Allen an >instructor on the Akbar mentioned in the 1881 crew and >boys list.He came from Chichester in West Sussex after >retiring from the Navy, having served in the Crimea. >He was mentioned in the incident when the boys on the >Akbar tried to set fire to the ship. Also he was on >board the boat that was blown down the Mersey and >stranded on Frodsham marshes.I first read the account >of both incidents in his diary which he wrote >retrospectively after he retired. While I have been >researching further into his career in the Navy and >his service on the Akbar have I found other published >accounts of these events. I also have several letters >written by the captain of the Akbar as testimony to >his character and service. After retiring from service >he remained in Rock Ferry and with his family set up >the ships chandlery business of Alexander Allen and >Son on New Chester Road. My great grandfather and >latterly my grandfather and father( all named >Alexander Allen) developed the business into ships >chandlers painters and decorators.

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