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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: Skaife on Tuesday 06 July 21 10:57 BST (UK)
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Hello I have a Naval record for someone who served on various ships over about 15 years and then transferred to the Coastguard service. It is the coastguard references I would appreciate some help with .
The record is from UK Naval Officer & Rating Service 1862 - 1919 ( piece 076 Admiralty Ratings 1869 April - Sept)
His name is William Madden ( baptised Gravesend 1827)
After the list of ships comes the record for coastguard service
29 Nov 1856 Coastguard boatman .
14 Dec 1859 ........
After that it is just abbreviations which I can’t understand - can anyone help me please?
I’m sorry I haven’t posted the actual record (which I found on Ancestry) but am working on an iPad and unsure how to do all the technicalities for that
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Link to the record: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/9050/images/42474_1831101456_11523-00155
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The next rank up from boatman was Commissioned Boatman. One of the words looks like an abbreviated version of commissioned.https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/coastguard-officers/
MaxD
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The TM. could mean tempoy exn = temporary extraman
Tony
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Firstly thank you to ShaunJ for providing the link to the document. I think you are correct MaxD and tonepad with your reading of two of the abbrieviations - commissioned boatman. And temporary extra man as both make sense.
Also the link to all the documents from the NA! What a detailed set of records and so logically organised the whole. I have had as look at some of the Establishment books and found William Madden in ‘England part ll Berwick to Ramsgate’ - looks like to me, if I’ve understood it correctly, that he was transferred from Southwold to Walton Gap. I can see I’ve got to spend some time working through the books to get aNoverall views of his service.
Thanks once again for providing these links.