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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/GEL/1/1 |
| Former Reference | D3311/114/1 |
| Title | Letter from Mildred [Franklin Wiseman] to her aunt Edith Lyttelton Gell |
| Date | 28 Dec 1937 |
| Description | Sorry not to have seen her when she called and the letter left with Mrs Miller was not opened until too late; enjoyment at "the Scottish Expedition", being the guest of the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company for the ceremony in Troon shipyard to name and launch the H.M.S. Franklin, which was a thrilling sight to see as it glided down into the water; luncheon afterwards at the Marine Hotel, Troon, sitting with the Deputy Chairman Colonel Hutchinson, Lady Ailsa and Commander Southern (representing the Admiralty), and receiving brooch (platinum bar with central cluster of diamonds); H.M.S. Franklin a smaller ship than she expected, but necessarily so to be a surveying vessel, bound for Newfoundland. |
| Extent | 3 sheets |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | Mildred Franklin Wiseman |
| Recipient | Edith Lyttelton Gell |
| Archive Creator | Edith Mary Midleton, later Edith Lyttelton Gell (1860-1944) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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