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Wayne the boy from OZ

Wayne the boy from OZ Report 10 Oct 2004 05:23

Ancestor In UK Lifeboat Service Hi I was talking with someone who had an ancestor in the UK Lifeboat. But I cant find the contact. Also they had a Lifeboat website with a lot of genealogical details on it of past lifeboat men. If you read this can you please contact me. Wayne Lawrence

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 10 Oct 2004 08:44

Hi Wayne, I've replied on a different thread. The coastguard and the lifeboats are different organisations. For coastguards you need Trinity House which is a government organisation - the workers are paid - Pilots, lighthouses, coastguards etc. The lifeboat men are purely volunteers and funded by a charity. Gwynne

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Wayne the boy from OZ

Wayne the boy from OZ Report 10 Oct 2004 09:15

Thanks I have ammended my request. Wayne

Martin

Martin Report 10 Oct 2004 12:06

No Trinity House looks after lighthouses and navigational buoys etc in England and Wales (and probably IoM?) but not Scotland. It is not a government department, it is a charitable organisation. HM Coast Guard is part of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency - I think it is still a government department - UK wide Lifeboats are RNLI - UK and also Ireland. It is a charitable organisation. Martin

Researching:
BRISCOE POUNDER BOLTON STOKESLEY MIDDLETON_TYAS KIRKBYMOORSIDE LAVERTON KIRKBY_MALZEARD GREWELTHORPE GRANTLEY BRYNREFAIL DEINIOLEN TALYSARN TREALAW LLANFIHANGEL_BRYN_PABUAN MAESMYNIS

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 10 Oct 2004 13:40

Hi Martin, I was thinking about the coastguard in the 18th and 19thC. From the 1830s to the 1920s the Coastguard was run by the Admiralty which I thought was based at Trinty House. An ancestor was a Pilot and I know he had to apply there. He was also a coastguard so that may be why I thought it would be the same place. Gwynne

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Martin

Martin Report 11 Oct 2004 01:06

No I think Trinity House has always been a typical strange British institution and not run by either the Admiralty or HMCG.

Researching:
BRISCOE POUNDER BOLTON STOKESLEY MIDDLETON_TYAS KIRKBYMOORSIDE LAVERTON KIRKBY_MALZEARD GREWELTHORPE GRANTLEY BRYNREFAIL DEINIOLEN TALYSARN TREALAW LLANFIHANGEL_BRYN_PABUAN MAESMYNIS

Donald

Donald Report 12 Oct 2004 06:18

Hi Wayne I think you are looking for the tree connected to John Barzilai Cock and the Knight family of Ramsgate. Enter -RNLI Ramsgate on your browser and you will find a most interesting site by Clive Lawford. A wide range of local Lifeboat Info. Famous rescues and part of the Knight family tree with some photos. Don

Wayne the boy from OZ

Wayne the boy from OZ Report 12 Oct 2004 09:59

Thats the one thanks....... I could not recall who told me about the site. Wayne