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," passed on 29 July, 1856.[1]
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 |
Coast Guard Districts
North of Ireland Coast Guard
- Captain Gerard C. A. Marescaux, 1 June, 1910.[2]
- Captain Ernest G. Barton, 3 June, 1912.[3]
South of Ireland Coast Guard District
- Captain Thomas Y. Greet, 19 June, 1903.[4]
- Captain Hugh T. Hibbert, 1 January, 1912.[5]
Scottish Coast Guard District
- Captain Stuart St. J. Farquhar, 20 December, 1912.[6]
Southern Coast Guard District
- Captain William H. Baker-Baker, 5 January, 1911.[7]
- Captain John S. Luard, 30 April, 1913.[8]
Eastern Coast Guard District
- Captain The Honourable Robert F. Boyle, 1 October, 1911.[9]
Western Coast Guard District
- Rear-Admiral James E. C. Goodrich, 1 May, 1905.[10]
- Captain Edward P. Ashe, 1 November, 1905.
- Captain Herbert C. C. Da Costa, 3 March, 1913.[11]
Footnotes
- ↑ 19 & 20 Vict., c. 83.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
- ↑ The Navy List, for March, 1914, Corrected to the 18th February, 1914. p. 360.
- ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 555.
- ↑ The Navy List, for March, 1914, Corrected to the 18th February, 1914. p. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List, for March, 1914, Corrected to the 18th February, 1914. p. 360.
- ↑ Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
- ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List, for March, 1914, Corrected to the 18th February, 1914. p. 360.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.
- ↑ The Navy List, for March, 1914, Corrected to the 18th February, 1914. p. 360.
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