Note 46 — Chapter IX · 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN—continued
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My father wrote to the Admiralty for permission for me to resign my appointment, and received a courteous reply:—
“Admiralty, 7th September 1855.
“Sir,—In accepting the resignation of your son, Mr. E. Wood, I am to express their Lordships’ regret that so gallant an officer is lost to the Naval Service.
“To the Rev. Sir John Page Wood, Bart.”