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James Finlay; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 2; Rank: Boatswain;...

Catalogue reference: ADM 27/7/223

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This record is about the James Finlay; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 2; Rank: Boatswain;... dating from 1803 in the series Navy Board, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers of Allotments.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ADM 27/7/223
Date
1803
Description

James Finlay; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 2; Rank: Boatswain; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: [blank].

Francis W Venn; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 4; Rank: Gunner; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: [blank].

Henry Douglas; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 57; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 18 May 1804 to HMS Sussex sick quarters.

David Russell; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 75; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 17 March 1805.

John Banfield; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 78; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 27 January 1808 to HMS Loire.

David Rein; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 88; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 18 May 1804 to HMS Sussex sick quarters.

Samuel Berkingshaw; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 90; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 6 May 1804 to HMS Yarmouth sick quarters.

F Nudick; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 91; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 27 January 1808 to HMS Loire.

William Smith; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 118; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharge 27 January 1808 to HMS Loire.

William Mahany; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 124; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: Deserted 6 Jan 1806.

James Sinclair; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 144; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 12 May 1804.

Robert Young; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 146; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharge 31 January 1808 to HMS Skylark.

James Gray; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 148; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 6 February 1808.

Christopher Farrell; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: ML 2; Rank: Sergeant; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 12 January 1804 to Headquarters.

William Franklin; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: ML 4; Rank: Boatswain; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 12 January 1804 to Headquarters.

Robert Spencer; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 73; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 24 April 1804 to HMS Eagle.

Daniel McLean; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 72; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 3 December 1806.

Alexander West; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 86; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 6 February 1806.

John Brown; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 60; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 18 August 1807.

William Atherton; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 63; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 21 October 1804.

Robert M Smith; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 74; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: Died September 1803.

William Bailey; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 46; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: discharged 24 April 1805 in lieu.

Thomas Law; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 151; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 3 June 1805.

John Empson; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 152; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 12 May 1804.

John Clark; Ship's name: HMS Crescent; Pay book number: SB 58; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Alloted: 1803; Remarks: deserted 5 April 1806.

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