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The '''Coast Guard Service''', known as a the '''Coastguard''' or '''Coast Guard''', was a British coast defence force and naval reserve administered by the Admiralty between 1856 and 1923.

==History==
Control was passed to the [[Board of Admiralty]] by the "Coast-guard Service Act, 1856," passed on 29 July, 1856.<ref>19 & 20 Vict., c. 83.</ref>

==Relative Rank==
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| C<small>OAST</small> G<small>UARD</small> R<small>ANK</small>.
| C<small>ORRESPONDING N<small>AVAL</small> R<small>ANK</small>.
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| Chief Officer of Division
| With, but after {{LieutRN}}
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| Chief Officer of Royal Naval Reserve Battery
| rowspan=2 |With, but after Chief Boatswain
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| Chief Officer of Station over 10 years' seniority
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| Chief Officer of Station over 5 years' seniority
| With, but after Boatswain of 10 years' seniority
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| Chief Officer of Station under 5 years' seniority
| With, but after Boatswain
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| Chief Boatman in Charge
| With Chief Petty Officer
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| Chief Boatman
| With First Class Petty Officer
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| Commissioned Boatman and Divisional Carpenter
| With Second Class Petty Officer
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| Boatman
| With Able Seaman
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==North of Ireland Coast Guard==
Dates of appointment given:

*Captain [[Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux|Gerard C. A. Marescaux]], 1 June, 1910.<ref>Marescaux Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 859.</ref>

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