“I am also a descendent of Captain Bourn Russell (C8), via his first and illegitimate son William Bourn Russell Watson, and have been to at least two of the places in Japan Captain Russell visited in Lady Rowena,” says Malcolm Russell Watson of Swansea. “On the island of Hachijo-jima we were treated to tea and boiled potatoes, so I reckoned I also got water and vegetables as did Captain Russell. I did, however, refrain from burning any villages on Hokkaido.”
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