Coast Guard Service
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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."
Relative Rank
COAST GUARD RANK. | CORRESPONDING NAVAL RANK. |
Chief Officer of Division | With, but after Lieutenant |
Chief Officer of Royal Naval Reserve Battery | With, but after Chief Boatswain |
Chief Officer of Station over 10 years' seniority | |
Chief Officer of Station over 5 years' seniority | With, but after Boatswain of 10 years' seniority |
Chief Officer of Station under 5 years' seniority | With, but after Boatswain |
Chief Boatman in Charge | With Chief Petty Officer |
Chief Boatman | With First Class Petty Officer |
Commissioned Boatman and Divisional Carpenter | With Second Class Petty Officer |
Boatman | With Able Seaman |
North of Ireland Coast Guard
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Gerard C. A. Marescaux, 1 June, 1910.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
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