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 John Livingston(e)-Officer of Coastguards of Ireland & Scotland
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| burst141 |
Posted on 11/06/2011 01:35
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John is my Great grandfather(4),he is born abt. 1826 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.He was married to Mary Jones. Canot find any Census as to where he was living except that he had a Son James born 1868 at (618, Howth, Dublin, Ireland). He also had a daughter Margaret born 1870 (sutton station, Dublin,Ireland). His other Son was my great grandfather(3) John who was born in 1856? Where?only that it was Scotland. The census for Scotland 1891 states that he is Retired Coastguard living at 6 Hay st. Greenock, Scotland & 1901 Census of Scotland he was living at 8 Hay st Greenock Scotland as a Pensioner. We have the Original Death Certificate from Registers Office in West Greenock stating he died on May 23 1906 from Apoplexy. My Great grandfather(3) came to Canada in 1883. I sent a Photo of my great grandfather(4) as I was given his compuss at which he wore on his vest as noted in the photo. Any information would be greatly appreciated as I am the grand daughter(4) times of John Livingstone Officer of Coastguard of Ireland & Scotland. Burst141 Edited by burst141 on 14/06/2011 14:04 |
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| crimea1854 |
Posted on 11/06/2011 07:46
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Hi, and welcome to the Forum. Your best bet is to use the ADM 175 records (available as free downloads from the National Archives) to trace his movements. These are extremely large file, and if you like I'm more than happy to do this for you, having these files already saved on my computer. What they won't tell you is that during the Crimean War John Livingstone was one of those Coast Guards who served in the Royal Navy. He was aboard HMS Royal George, in the Baltic, and was awarded the Baltic Medal that was sent to the Ballycastle District on 2 May 1857. I can also tell you that, from my own research, he was born on 22 July 1828, and was awarded the RN Long Service Good Conduct Medal (narrow suspender), which is known to exist. Martin . Edited by crimea1854 on 11/06/2011 07:53 |
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| Toffee Man |
Posted on 11/06/2011 12:42
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Hi Burst I have the LS&GC medal to John Livingstone that Martin refers to and I'll try to post some photos of it below along with his service record (up to 1876) which I copied from the National Archives at Kew. The information I had on John Livingstone was: John Livingstone - born in Greenock, Renfrewshire on the 22nd July 1828. He was 5’ 8” tall with a fair complexion, brown hair and grey eyes. His service was as follows: Harriet RC 21/4/43 – 7/9/47 O Mariner Hawk RC 8/9/47 – 5/7/49 Mariner Wellington RC 6/7/49 – 5/7/50 Mariner Coast Guard 6/7/50 – 10/2/54 Boatman Royal George 11/2/54 – 5/5/56 AB Baltic Medal Coast Guard 6/5/56 – 31/8/85 Boatman / Comm’d Btmn / Chf Comm’d Btmn / Chf Comm’d Boatman in Charge LS&GC Medal At the age of 14 he entered service as an Ordinary Mariner on the Harriet RC (Revenue Cruiser) based at Stranraer. He then served as a Mariner on two more RC’s – Hawk and Wellington – both also based at Stranraer. He was then transferred in July 1850 to the Ballycastle CG Station in Ireland as a Boatman. In 1854 he joined the Royal George as one of many coast guard men who were desperately required to fill the RN ships being sent to the Baltic. Royal George was a 1st rate 120 gun screw battleship which sailed with the Baltic fleet in March 1854. He served for just over two years on the Royal George and was later awarded the Baltic Medal which was sent to the CGS Ballycastle in May 1857 where he had returned after his RN service. After 6 more years at this station (per ADM 175/74) he was promoted in 1862 to Commissioned Boatman and transferred to the Cushendon CGS in Coleraine. From then on Livingstone remained with the coast guard in Ireland (based at Sutton, then Castletown and finally Kilmichael) – rising through the ranks to his final position of Chief Boatman in Charge (August 1874). He was finally retired in August 1885 after a career stretching over 42 years. He was 57 years old. His service record shows he was assigned to HMS Vanguard (iron-clad battleship) at the time of it’s disastrous collision with HMS Iron Duke in 1875 which resulted in it sinking. The only casualty reported was the Captain’s dog! As a coast guard Livingstone was not eligible for a Long Service and Good Conduct medal until about 1873. However he was not granted the medal until April 1876. The medal is engraved - "JOHN LIVINGSTONE CHF BTMN IN CHGE H.M. COAST GD” Family History It appears that after retiring from the coast guard John returned to his native Scotland (having spent most of the previous 35 years in Ireland). He appears in the 1891 census as a “Retired Station officer Coast Guard and pensioner living at 8 Hay Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire aged 65 (no family noted). He is at the same address in 1901 – now a “Pensioner”. Hope this helps. Regards, Jon
Toffee Man attached the following image:
Edited by Toffee Man on 12/06/2011 14:29 |
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