Hi Graham, Many thanks for your quick response. I hadn't realised the date of Waterloo as co-inciding with Frederick's retirement, but thanks for letting me know. regards Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Read" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [MAR] Royal Navy career > To state the obvious, 1815 was the year of Waterloo, the end of the French > wars, and many many naval officers found themselves turfed out or on > half-pay at best as the fleet was largely laid up. Mr Thompson's age, > inclination and specific junior rank had very little to do with it. > > Regards > > Graham > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Paul and Valerie > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi List, >> >> I am trying to find out more about the naval career of my ancestor >> Frederick Thompson, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy born 1781 died 1833. >> >> I have a copy of his service record between 1803-1815. His rank on the >> first entry is A.B serving on the 'Argo' in the West Indies. I am >> puzzled >> by the different ranks or positions he held as there seems no particular >> order. After the first voyage there were another 12 ships listed with 14 >> voyages (twice on the same 2 ships). His ranks ranged from Midshipman, >> Acting Master, Masters Mate and Acting 2nd Master. These ranks were not >> in >> any particular order. None of the rank state Lieutenant, but he passed >> to >> Lieutenant at Sheerness 6th November 1811. This information I found at >> the >> National Archives, but it was a long time ago and I cannot remember which >> series this statement about passing to Lieutenant would have been. >> >> The age of 34 seems to be young to retire from the Navy unless he was >> wounded and I'm not sure where I might find this sort of information. >> >> The only documents I have about Frederick's career is his service record >> National Archives No. ADM 9/3 RP/0885. There is a number at the top of >> the >> document 4534 and wonder is anyone knows what this number signifies? The >> other document relating to his career is item ref: ADM 45/3/588 which >> states that; >> >> "Frederick Thompson Lieutenant who died 22 July 1833. Notes on executors >> application for money owed by the Royal Navy." >> >> Can anyone tell me if Frederick may have continued in the Royal Navy >> after 1815 when the last entry of a voyage was mentioned? >> >> I do have details of his wife and children, but very little about his >> life >> between 1815-1833 although I know he lived in Lambeth, Surrey from the >> entries of his children's baptisms. >> >> Any help would be much appreciated. >> >> kind regards >> Valerie Richards >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message