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The advantages of specially designed Coastguard Stations soon became apparent, and during the eighteen-thirties many were built in spots round the coast where smuggling was to be expected. Each man had a comfortable cottage for himself and his family, with a rather larger one for the officer, and a watch room. Only in Ireland were they made defensible. Everything had to be as clean as on shipboard, and naval discipline was maintained, with necessary modifications. For instance, a man whose wife quarrelled with her neighbours could be moved to another station at his own expense.
Excellent insight into the daily life of Coastguard families. It would be marvellous to read about the daily life around a station, what they did when not pursuing smugglers.
Saturday March 5th 1853
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COASTGUARD
Appointments
Master, R.N. - Alfred Lawrence Halloran, to be in command of the Haven Hole Station, vice Mr. Aldrich, previously removed.
Second Master, R.N. [ Richard Cossentine Pyer, to command the Grays Station, vice Mr. Walker, resigned on account of ill health.
Saturday March 12th 1853
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COASTGUARD
Appointments
Master R.N. - Mr. James Thomas Sullivan, to command the Station at Blythe Haven, vice M.K. White, previously removed.
Saturday March 26th 1853
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COASTGUARD
Appointments
Lieutenants, R.N. - Daniel Butler Dawes, to command the Bembridge Station, vice George William Tomlin, removed to Marchwood, vice Simpson resigned. Colin William Lindsey, Charles Knighton, John Frederick Guyon and Thomas Sibbald, to be in command of Stations.
Masters, R.N. - William Blackford, to command the St. Catherine's Station, Vice Lieutenant D. Elliot, previously removed. Charles Bawden, to command the Grohlan Haven Station, vice Mr. Walker, previously removed.
Second Masters - Benjamin Woolly, from the Orfordness to The Shoeburyness Station; vice Lieutenant St. Auben, R.N., appointed to Lively Revenue Cruiser.
Chief Officers - Mr. H.K. Drury to command 55 Tower Station, vice Lieutenant Hutton R.N., previously removed: Mr. John Duff Pigon, late Second Lieutenant Royal Marines, to command the Uzon Station, vice Lieutenant Warren, previously removed; Mr. Wentworth Baily, late East India Company's Service, to be in command of a station.
