Coastguards of Yesteryear: 0 William Ahern

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William Ahern

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Category	Surname	Christian name
Other	Ahern	William

Rank	Station/Cruizer	Date of Seniority	ADM Cat	Born	Died
AB	HMS Shannon	NK	171/23	Middleton, Cork	abt.1815


Detail:	Medal sent to HMS Algiers on 22 May 1861.

Medals/Awards:	Indian Mutiny Medal

Additional Information:
William went on to serve in the Coastguard, serving in the Casheen River and Kilkee, before eventually taking up post as Chief Coastguard at the Old Head of Kinsale. Its believed that he had spells of duty at Summer Cove and Robert's Cove, Cork. At the end of his Coastguard career in the late 1890s, he took a post in the Board of Trade Office until he retired in 1910.

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Record ID3154 posted by Royston Miles

Date of posting: 17/10/2011

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#1 | MichaelAhern70 on 20/07/2021 12:46:49

why do you have that he died abt.1815 but say in additional information that he retired from the board of trade in 1910.
I think this could be my great grandfather.

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