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.
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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]
South of Ireland Coast Guard District
- Captain Thomas Y. Greet, 19 June, 1903.[3]
Southern Coast Guard District
- Captain William H. Baker-Baker, 5 January, 1911.[4]
Western Coast Guard District
- Rear-Admiral James E. C. Goodrich, 1 May, 1905.[5]
- Captain Edward P. Ashe, 1 November, 1905.
Footnotes
- ↑ 19 & 20 Vict., c. 83.
- ↑ Marescaux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 859.
- ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 555.
- ↑ Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.
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