It is also perhaps worth noting that Coast Guards were moved around the British Isles quite a bit, and usually spend a few years at one place before being moved on to another Coast Guard station with a view to preventing the lads "going native," and getting too involved with the locals. Similarly, once married they would usually occupy service built Coast Guard accommodation, and to this day in this part of the country each of the coastal villages and hamlets has its own group of Coast Guard cottages, although all now privately occupied. Whilst one does occasionally come across men who had served in the Merchant Service in the early years of the coast guard, it is often found that these men had served in the RN as well, since they invariably needed a VG service record before they would be entertained for the Coast Guard. And for those of you with a broadband or better connection to the internet it is dead easy to do your research your selves for free, digital copies coast guard records are available on-line, although each item, usually a book, takes a little while to download and the total size of the collection is about 22 Gb., so you only want to download those for your period of interest. They are all included in ADM 175 ADM 175 Records of service of the Coastguard 1816-1947 and can be found in the National Archives Catalogue : http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk The following is a list of the files that are available.....suggest you delete the time and date and cut and paste the list to a more suitable document, but at least it gives you and document titles and references, some giving dates etc. it might take a while to get your head round what's there but I'm sure that you should be able to make sense of it once you find you man in one document and then track him down as he moves around. 17/11/2008 01:37 177,918,709 ADM 175 1 Establishment Books - British Isles.pdf 14/11/2008 20:34 271,034,063 ADM 175 10 Establishment Books - England Part III (Dover to Salcombe).pdf 16/11/2008 10:17 73,949,427 ADM 175 100 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Ireland 1830-1849 Coastguard Nominations.pdf 16/11/2008 12:14 88,108,943 ADM 175 101 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Boatmen.pdf 16/11/2008 12:41 73,712,737 ADM 175 102 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to discharges.pdf 13/11/2008 22:38 164,290,224 ADM 175 103 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief Officers.pdf 13/11/2008 09:41 106,700,651 ADM 175 104 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief Officers.pdf 13/11/2008 09:30 97,787,782 ADM 175 105 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief Officers.pdf 13/11/2008 03:08 264,323,300 ADM 175 106 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief Officers.pdf 12/11/2008 02:37 177,648,325 ADM 175 107 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief Officers.pdf 13/11/2008 01:18 134,422,387 ADM 175 108 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to records of service or RN Ratings Nos 112500-358500.pdf 13/11/2008 01:33 226,946,393 ADM 175 109 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - New Coastguard Force Chief Officers service.pdf 13/11/2008 22:21 367,771,050 ADM 175 11 Establishment Books - England Newhaven Division.pdf 12/11/2008 02:07 24,477,618 ADM 175 110 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - New Coastguard Force Chief Officers' Service.pdf 12/11/2008 01:34 62,203,067 ADM 175 111 Nominal Indexes Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - New Coastguard Force Naval Shore Signal Service, service record.pdf 12/11/2008 23:46 453,629,246 ADM 175 12 Establishment Books - England Southern.pdf 17/11/2008 01:06 80,113,275 ADM 175 13 Establishment Books - Ireland Part I - 1820 - 1826.pdf 17/11/2008 01:12 124,725,832 ADM 175 14 Establishment Books - Ireland Part II - 1820 -1822.pdf 15/11/2008 18:32 358,565,337 ADM 175 15 Establishment Books - Ireland - 1820 - 1823.pdf 15/11/2008 23:26 485,673,702 ADM 175 16 Establishment Books - Ireland - possibly 1826-1836.pdf 16/11/2008 01:12 496,803,846 ADM 175 17 Establishment Books - Ireland - 1827 - 1843.pdf 16/11/2008 01:36 329,234,574 ADM 175 18 Establishment Books - Ireland - 1827 - 1848.pdf 16/11/2008 11:12 344,230,193 ADM 175 19 Establishment Books - Ireland - 1845 - 1862.pdf 17/11/2008 01:29 45,204,519 ADM 175 2 England - and Rattlesnake Preventive Boat.pdf 15/11/2008 01:17 300,346,248 ADM 175 20 Establishment Books - Ireland Queenstown and Kingstown districts only.pdf 14/11/2008 14:36 175,053,112 ADM 175 21 Establishment Books - Ireland Limerick district only.pdf 15/11/2008 20:54 85,319,433 ADM 175 22 Establishment Books - Scotland.pdf 14/11/2008 17:47 65,351,467 ADM 175 23 Establishment Books - Scotland.pdf 15/11/2008 20:29 159,681,055 ADM 175 24 Establishment Books - Cruisers.pdf 16/11/2008 10:41 79,996,304 ADM 175 25 Establishment Books - Cruisers.pdf 17/11/2008 11:39 94,229,828 ADM 175 26 Establishment Books - Tenders.pdf 16/11/2008 14:38 29,967,531 ADM 175 27 Ships' Record Books Clyde District - Hogue.pdf 14/11/2008 16:36 19,487,213 ADM 175 28 Ships' Record Books Clyde District - Lion.pdf 14/11/2008 11:43 35,945,047 ADM 175 29 Ships' Record Books Clyde District - Black Prince Aurora Narcissus.pdf 17/11/2008 13:56 150,299,173 ADM 175 3 Establishment Books - England, Northern and Scotland - and Cutters.pdf 13/11/2008 22:51 24,010,048 ADM 175 30 Ships' Record Books Clyde District - Narcissus Hercules.pdf 16/11/2008 13:42 145,195,148 ADM 175 31 Ships' Record Books Falmouth District - Russell.pdf 14/11/2008 17:14 222,046,444 ADM 175 32 Ships' Record Books Falmouth District - St George.pdf 14/11/2008 11:39 498,126,463 ADM 175 33 Ships' Record Books Falmouth District - St George Achilles Warrior.pdf 16/11/2008 13:56 278,804,628 ADM 175 34 Ships' Record Books Harwich District - Pembroke.pdf 14/11/2008 13:08 531,071,912 ADM 175 35 Ships' Record Books Harwich District - Pembroke Penelope.pdf 17/11/2008 02:24 172,603,332 ADM 175 36 Ships' Record Books Hull District - Cornwallis.pdf 14/11/2008 16:32 288,474,215 ADM 175 37 Ships' Record Books Hull District - Dauntless.pdf 14/11/2008 02:46 246,645,518 ADM 175 38 Ships' Record Books Hull District - Wivern Invincible Audacious Endymion.pdf 16/11/2008 14:19 180,490,647 ADM 175 39 Ships' Record Books Kingstown District - Ajax.pdf 15/11/2008 17:14 210,321,605 ADM 175 4 Establishment Books - England, Southern 1821-1827.- and Cutters.pdf 14/11/2008 17:00 184,052,482 ADM 175 40 Ships' Record Books Kingstown District - Royal George.pdf 14/11/2008 13:44 157,827,075 ADM 175 41 Ships' Record Books Kingstown District - Royal George.pdf 14/11/2008 11:13 86,360,444 ADM 175 42 Ships' Record Books Kingstown District - Kingstown District.pdf 14/11/2008 10:51 388,063,716 ADM 175 43 Ships' Record Books Kingstown District - Pallas Audacious Vanguard Iron Duke.pdf 13/11/2008 23:41 228,793,204 ADM 175 44 Ships' Record Books Kingstown District - Iron Duke Topaze Belleisle.pdf 13/11/2008 23:18 236,037,490 ADM 175 45 Ships' Record Books Kingstown District - Kingstown District.pdf 16/11/2008 14:03 56,210,664 ADM 175 46 Ships' Record Books Leith District - Edinburgh at Leith - Oct 1858 - Feb 1864 .pdf 14/11/2008 16:45 79,934,219 ADM 175 47 Ships' Record Books Leith District - Trafalgar at Leith - Mar 1864 - Jun 1867 and thence to Duncan.pdf 14/11/2008 13:17 79,844,436 ADM 175 48 Ships' Record Books Leith District - Duncan at Leith - Jun 1867 - Feb 1870.pdf 14/11/2008 02:22 130,185,795 ADM 175 49 Ships' Record Books Leith District - Repulse at Leith - Mar 1870 - 20 Mar 1872.pdf 15/11/2008 21:38 339,242,058 ADM 175 5 Establishment Books - England 1826-32.pdf 14/11/2008 02:08 138,784,550 ADM 175 50 Ships' Record Books Leith District - Repulse at Leith - Mar 1870 - 20 Mar 1872 Favorite 21 Mar 1872 - Jun 1875.pdf 14/11/2008 00:13 81,001,731 ADM 175 51 Ships' Record Books Leith District - Favorite at Leith - June 1875 - Oct 1878.pdf 14/11/2008 13:26 105,355,897 ADM 175 52 Ships' Record Books Limerick District - Frederick William at Limerick - Jan 1867 - Aug 1868.pdf 14/11/2008 11:56 251,806,878 ADM 175 53 Ships' Record Books Limerick District - Valiant at Limerick - Sep 1868 - Jun 1873.pdf 14/11/2008 00:39 171,227,959 ADM 175 54 Ships' Record Books Limerick District - Valiant at Limerick - Jul 1873 - Mar 1876.pdf 14/11/2008 00:07 193,910,033 ADM 175 55 Ships' Record Books Limerick District - Valiant at Limerick - Mar 1876 - Jun 1876.pdf 17/11/2008 11:51 72,743,082 ADM 175 56 Ships' Record Books Liverpool District - Hastings at Liverpool - May 1858 - Jan 1860.pdf 14/11/2008 16:41 78,860,657 ADM 175 57 Ships' Record Books Liverpool District - Donegal at Liverpool - Sep 1864 - Jun 1868.pdf 14/11/2008 11:05 105,401,190 ADM 175 58 Ships' Record Books Liverpool District - Donegal at Liverpool - 17 Feb 1869 - 30 Jun 1869 Resistance 1 Jul 1869 - 31 Jun 1873.pdf 14/11/2008 00:22 95,075,304 ADM 175 59 Ships' Record Books Liverpool District - Caledonia at Liverpool - 1 Jul 1878.pdf 16/11/2008 03:46 701,097,937 ADM 175 6 Establishment Books - England - 1828-1848.pdf 13/11/2008 23:49 76,396,819 ADM 175 60 Ships' Record Books Liverpool District - Resistance at Liverpool - 17 May 1877 - 12 Aug 1877.pdf 14/11/2008 12:26 173,763,266 ADM 175 61 Ships' Record Books Lough Swilly District - Trafalgar at Lough Swilly - 1 Jan 1868 - 31 Oct 1869.pdf 16/11/2008 15:16 86,734,299 ADM 175 62 Ships' Record Books Milford District - Blenheim at Milford - 12 Jun 1860 - 31 Aug 1865.pdf 14/11/2008 16:05 89,643,650 ADM 175 63 Ships' Record Books Milford District - Revenge at Milford - 1 Sep 1865 - 16 Feb 1869 trans to Donegal.pdf 16/11/2008 12:54 244,828,640 ADM 175 64 Ships' Record Books Newhaven District - Arrogant at Newhaven to 22 Aug 1859 Dauntless to 31 Mar 1864.pdf The rest to follow Paul 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html
Thanks very much for the list, Paul. I just hope that you didn't have to type it all. Graham On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Paul Benyon <pbenyon@pbenyon.plus.com> wrote: > > It is also perhaps worth noting that Coast Guards were moved around > the British Isles quite a bit, and usually spend a few years at one > place before being moved on to another Coast Guard station with a view > to preventing the lads "going native," and getting too involved with > the locals. > > Similarly, once married they would usually occupy service built Coast > Guard accommodation, and to this day in this part of the country each > of the coastal villages and hamlets has its own group of Coast Guard > cottages, although all now privately occupied. > > Whilst one does occasionally come across men who had served in the > Merchant Service in the early years of the coast guard, it is often > found that these men had served in the RN as well, since they > invariably needed a VG service record before they would be entertained > for the Coast Guard. > > And for those of you with a broadband or better connection to the > internet it is dead easy to do your research your selves for free, > digital copies coast guard records are available on-line, although > each item, usually a book, takes a little while to download and the > total size of the collection is about 22 Gb., so you only want to > download those for your period of interest. They are all included in > ADM 175 > > ADM 175 Records of service of the Coastguard 1816-1947 > > and can be found in the National Archives Catalogue : > > http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk > > The following is a list of the files that are available.....suggest > you delete the time and date and cut and paste the list to a more > suitable document, but at least it gives you and document titles and > references, some giving dates etc. it might take a while to get your > head round what's there but I'm sure that you should be able to make > sense of it once you find you man in one document and then track him > down as he moves around. > > 17/11/2008 01:37 177,918,709 ADM 175 1 Establishment Books - > British Isles.pdf > 14/11/2008 20:34 271,034,063 ADM 175 10 Establishment Books - > England Part III (Dover to Salcombe).pdf > 16/11/2008 10:17 73,949,427 ADM 175 100 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Ireland > 1830-1849 Coastguard Nominations.pdf > 16/11/2008 12:14 88,108,943 ADM 175 101 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Boatmen.pdf > 16/11/2008 12:41 73,712,737 ADM 175 102 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to > discharges.pdf > 13/11/2008 22:38 164,290,224 ADM 175 103 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief > Officers.pdf > 13/11/2008 09:41 106,700,651 ADM 175 104 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief > Officers.pdf > 13/11/2008 09:30 97,787,782 ADM 175 105 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief > Officers.pdf > 13/11/2008 03:08 264,323,300 ADM 175 106 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief > Officers.pdf > 12/11/2008 02:37 177,648,325 ADM 175 107 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to Chief > Officers.pdf > 13/11/2008 01:18 134,422,387 ADM 175 108 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - Index to > records of service or RN Ratings Nos 112500-358500.pdf > 13/11/2008 01:33 226,946,393 ADM 175 109 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - New Coastguard > Force Chief Officers service.pdf > 13/11/2008 22:21 367,771,050 ADM 175 11 Establishment Books - > England Newhaven Division.pdf > 12/11/2008 02:07 24,477,618 ADM 175 110 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - New Coastguard > Force Chief Officers' Service.pdf > 12/11/2008 01:34 62,203,067 ADM 175 111 Nominal Indexes > Indexes to registers of nominations for appointments - New Coastguard > Force Naval Shore Signal Service, service record.pdf > 12/11/2008 23:46 453,629,246 ADM 175 12 Establishment Books - > England Southern.pdf > 17/11/2008 01:06 80,113,275 ADM 175 13 Establishment Books - > Ireland Part I - 1820 - 1826.pdf > 17/11/2008 01:12 124,725,832 ADM 175 14 Establishment Books - > Ireland Part II - 1820 -1822.pdf > 15/11/2008 18:32 358,565,337 ADM 175 15 Establishment Books - > Ireland - 1820 - 1823.pdf > 15/11/2008 23:26 485,673,702 ADM 175 16 Establishment Books - > Ireland - possibly 1826-1836.pdf > 16/11/2008 01:12 496,803,846 ADM 175 17 Establishment Books - > Ireland - 1827 - 1843.pdf > 16/11/2008 01:36 329,234,574 ADM 175 18 Establishment Books - > Ireland - 1827 - 1848.pdf > 16/11/2008 11:12 344,230,193 ADM 175 19 Establishment Books - > Ireland - 1845 - 1862.pdf > 17/11/2008 01:29 45,204,519 ADM 175 2 England - and > Rattlesnake Preventive Boat.pdf > 15/11/2008 01:17 300,346,248 ADM 175 20 Establishment Books - > Ireland Queenstown and Kingstown districts only.pdf > 14/11/2008 14:36 175,053,112 ADM 175 21 Establishment Books - > Ireland Limerick district only.pdf > 15/11/2008 20:54 85,319,433 ADM 175 22 Establishment Books - > Scotland.pdf > 14/11/2008 17:47 65,351,467 ADM 175 23 Establishment Books - > Scotland.pdf > 15/11/2008 20:29 159,681,055 ADM 175 24 Establishment Books - > Cruisers.pdf > 16/11/2008 10:41 79,996,304 ADM 175 25 Establishment Books - > Cruisers.pdf > 17/11/2008 11:39 94,229,828 ADM 175 26 Establishment Books - > Tenders.pdf > 16/11/2008 14:38 29,967,531 ADM 175 27 Ships' Record Books > Clyde District - Hogue.pdf > 14/11/2008 16:36 19,487,213 ADM 175 28 Ships' Record Books > Clyde District - Lion.pdf > 14/11/2008 11:43 35,945,047 ADM 175 29 Ships' Record Books > Clyde District - Black Prince Aurora Narcissus.pdf > 17/11/2008 13:56 150,299,173 ADM 175 3 Establishment Books - > England, Northern and Scotland - and Cutters.pdf > 13/11/2008 22:51 24,010,048 ADM 175 30 Ships' Record Books > Clyde District - Narcissus Hercules.pdf > 16/11/2008 13:42 145,195,148 ADM 175 31 Ships' Record Books > Falmouth District - Russell.pdf > 14/11/2008 17:14 222,046,444 ADM 175 32 Ships' Record Books > Falmouth District - St George.pdf > 14/11/2008 11:39 498,126,463 ADM 175 33 Ships' Record Books > Falmouth District - St George Achilles Warrior.pdf > 16/11/2008 13:56 278,804,628 ADM 175 34 Ships' Record Books > Harwich District - Pembroke.pdf > 14/11/2008 13:08 531,071,912 ADM 175 35 Ships' Record Books > Harwich District - Pembroke Penelope.pdf > 17/11/2008 02:24 172,603,332 ADM 175 36 Ships' Record Books > Hull District - Cornwallis.pdf > 14/11/2008 16:32 288,474,215 ADM 175 37 Ships' Record Books > Hull District - Dauntless.pdf > 14/11/2008 02:46 246,645,518 ADM 175 38 Ships' Record Books > Hull District - Wivern Invincible Audacious Endymion.pdf > 16/11/2008 14:19 180,490,647 ADM 175 39 Ships' Record Books > Kingstown District - Ajax.pdf > 15/11/2008 17:14 210,321,605 ADM 175 4 Establishment Books - > England, Southern 1821-1827.- and Cutters.pdf > 14/11/2008 17:00 184,052,482 ADM 175 40 Ships' Record Books > Kingstown District - Royal George.pdf > 14/11/2008 13:44 157,827,075 ADM 175 41 Ships' Record Books > Kingstown District - Royal George.pdf > 14/11/2008 11:13 86,360,444 ADM 175 42 Ships' Record Books > Kingstown District - Kingstown District.pdf > 14/11/2008 10:51 388,063,716 ADM 175 43 Ships' Record Books > Kingstown District - Pallas Audacious Vanguard Iron Duke.pdf > 13/11/2008 23:41 228,793,204 ADM 175 44 Ships' Record Books > Kingstown District - Iron Duke Topaze Belleisle.pdf > 13/11/2008 23:18 236,037,490 ADM 175 45 Ships' Record Books > Kingstown District - Kingstown District.pdf > 16/11/2008 14:03 56,210,664 ADM 175 46 Ships' Record Books > Leith District - Edinburgh at Leith - Oct 1858 - Feb 1864 .pdf > 14/11/2008 16:45 79,934,219 ADM 175 47 Ships' Record Books > Leith District - Trafalgar at Leith - Mar 1864 - Jun 1867 and thence > to Duncan.pdf > 14/11/2008 13:17 79,844,436 ADM 175 48 Ships' Record Books > Leith District - Duncan at Leith - Jun 1867 - Feb 1870.pdf > 14/11/2008 02:22 130,185,795 ADM 175 49 Ships' Record Books > Leith District - Repulse at Leith - Mar 1870 - 20 Mar 1872.pdf > 15/11/2008 21:38 339,242,058 ADM 175 5 Establishment Books - > England 1826-32.pdf > 14/11/2008 02:08 138,784,550 ADM 175 50 Ships' Record Books > Leith District - Repulse at Leith - Mar 1870 - 20 Mar 1872 Favorite > 21 Mar 1872 - Jun 1875.pdf > 14/11/2008 00:13 81,001,731 ADM 175 51 Ships' Record Books > Leith District - Favorite at Leith - June 1875 - Oct 1878.pdf > 14/11/2008 13:26 105,355,897 ADM 175 52 Ships' Record Books > Limerick District - Frederick William at Limerick - Jan 1867 - Aug > 1868.pdf > 14/11/2008 11:56 251,806,878 ADM 175 53 Ships' Record Books > Limerick District - Valiant at Limerick - Sep 1868 - Jun 1873.pdf > 14/11/2008 00:39 171,227,959 ADM 175 54 Ships' Record Books > Limerick District - Valiant at Limerick - Jul 1873 - Mar 1876.pdf > 14/11/2008 00:07 193,910,033 ADM 175 55 Ships' Record Books > Limerick District - Valiant at Limerick - Mar 1876 - Jun 1876.pdf > 17/11/2008 11:51 72,743,082 ADM 175 56 Ships' Record Books > Liverpool District - Hastings at Liverpool - May 1858 - Jan 1860.pdf > 14/11/2008 16:41 78,860,657 ADM 175 57 Ships' Record Books > Liverpool District - Donegal at Liverpool - Sep 1864 - Jun 1868.pdf > 14/11/2008 11:05 105,401,190 ADM 175 58 Ships' Record Books > Liverpool District - Donegal at Liverpool - 17 Feb 1869 - 30 Jun 1869 > Resistance 1 Jul 1869 - 31 Jun 1873.pdf > 14/11/2008 00:22 95,075,304 ADM 175 59 Ships' Record Books > Liverpool District - Caledonia at Liverpool - 1 Jul 1878.pdf > 16/11/2008 03:46 701,097,937 ADM 175 6 Establishment Books - > England - 1828-1848.pdf > 13/11/2008 23:49 76,396,819 ADM 175 60 Ships' Record Books > Liverpool District - Resistance at Liverpool - 17 May 1877 - 12 Aug > 1877.pdf > 14/11/2008 12:26 173,763,266 ADM 175 61 Ships' Record Books > Lough Swilly District - Trafalgar at Lough Swilly - 1 Jan 1868 - 31 > Oct 1869.pdf > 16/11/2008 15:16 86,734,299 ADM 175 62 Ships' Record Books > Milford District - Blenheim at Milford - 12 Jun 1860 - 31 Aug > 1865.pdf > 14/11/2008 16:05 89,643,650 ADM 175 63 Ships' Record Books > Milford District - Revenge at Milford - 1 Sep 1865 - 16 Feb 1869 trans > to Donegal.pdf > 16/11/2008 12:54 244,828,640 ADM 175 64 Ships' Record Books > Newhaven District - Arrogant at Newhaven to 22 Aug 1859 Dauntless to > 31 Mar 1864.pdf > > The rest to follow > > Paul > 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W > http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html >