Thread: naval career

theraven

hello
on doing research into a relation by the name of patrick gillick it took me a while to trace him ,eventually i found him in the 1861 cesus as a boy rating on hms imregnable and again in the 1871 census on board tamar while his marriage cert for 1869 shows hms donegal,but yet when i downloaded a document from the na it shows d.o.b ,hair colour ,eyes where he was born, but under ships served it just shows tamar, any ideas as to why the others are missing ,or where i can find out ?

the raven

Starlight

Hi the raven,

This is an example of one of mine.

St. Vincent - 18th Sept 83
St. Vincent - 24th Sept 84 - 6thFeb 85
Minotaur - 7th Feb 85 - 3rd Apr 85
Cacchante - 4th Apr 85 -
Cacchante - 24th Dec 85 - 23rd Feb 87
Ranger - 24th Feb 87 - 31 Oct 87
Hecla - 6th Nov 88
Hecla - 1st Oct 89 - 2nd Nov 89
Excellent - 4th Nov 89 - 20th Nov 89
Tyne - 21st Nov 89 - 23rd Dec 89
Excellent - 24th Dec 89 - 14th July 90
Wildfire - 15th July 90 - 30th June 91
Tartar - 1st Jul 91 - 25th Oct 94
Victory 1- 26th Oct 94 - 10th Jan 95
Australia - 11th Jan 95 -20 Dec 95


Would it be possible that their was a gap in his service dates and there are other records elsewhere that you have missed ? Other than that I can't think of anything else.

Starlight

Hi again,

I have just had a closer look at mine and they all state age at beginning of service 18 years of age although at least one was on the ships before this age.

theraven

hi star light
yes i agree that service did not start until aged18 , as mine joined at aged 16 boy rating in1861 but his paper gives his lengh of service from 1863 until 1873 where it says shore ?? expired.i think that the ships that i mentioned may be training ships and that when they closed he was out of work ?
i might try and get to the na and have a nosey around to see what else i can dig up on him .
raven

Starlight

Hi the raven,

Could it say "Shore leave expired". This was the last entry on one of mine. I then found that he died of Typoid a few weeks later. So I take it he was taken ill while on leave and never returned to the ship.

theraven

hi starlight
on the document in the column (if discharged whither and for what cause )
it has the following ( as it is written )
shore
?. s. expired

can not make out what letter ? is my wife thinks it looks like a b
its a shame we cant load attachments then you could have a look

raven

Starlight

Hi Raven,

I have looked at the image and it says " Shore C.S expired". I cannot find what this means but maybe someone else will pick it up now.

theraven

hi starlight
i dont have an idea either what shore c.s expired means , but i will find out from some other sites will let you know what i find out, cheers

raven

Starlight

Hi Raven,

I have come across C.S meaning "Continuous Service". I don't know if this is what yours is.

theraven

hi starlight
sorry im only now getting back to you been working ,
still waiting for a reply from other sites , as soon as i find out will post hopefully an answer, cheers
the raven