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Series
Coastguard: Civil Pensions
Catalogue reference: PMG 23
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- PMG 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- Coastguard: Civil Pensions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1935
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 49 volume(s)
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- Topics
- Pay and pensions
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In 1856 control of officers and men employed in the Coastguard and on Revenue cruisers was transferred to the Admiralty.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11679/
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