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William Witherow; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 42; Rank: Corporal;...

Catalogue reference: ADM 27/12/134

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This record is about the William Witherow; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 42; Rank: Corporal;... dating from 1807-1808 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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ADM 27/12/134

Date

1807-1808

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William Witherow; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 42; Rank: Corporal; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted:1807; Remarks: discharged 26 Jamuary 1808 to HMS Racehorse.

William Buchan; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 82; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 19 Jamuary 1809 to HMS Invincible.

John Thomas; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 36; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted:1807; Remarks: discharged 17 June 1808 to HMS Raisonable.

John Thomas; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 36; Rank: Captain of the Fore Castle; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted:1808; Remarks: discharged 17 June 1808 to HMS Raisonable.

George Hopkins; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 49; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: died 4 December 1809 at Penang Hospital.

James Twatt; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 50; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 10 January 1808 to HMS Loire.

Robert Wilson; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 34; Rank: Quartermaster; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: drowned 1 February 1810.

Robert Wilson; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 34; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: drowned 1 February 1810.

Thomas Nass; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 56; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: died 24 August 1808.

George Hobson; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 57; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: blank.

George Greaves; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 41; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 3 July 1808 to HMS Sir Francis Drake.

George Greaves; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 41; Rank: Coxswain; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: discharged 3 July 1808 to HMS Sir Francis Drake.

William Thompson; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 59; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 8 July 1813 to HMS Madras.

George Taylor; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 60; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: invalided 1 January 1812.

John Alexander; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 90 and 271; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: died 6 September 1812.

John Alexander; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 90 and 271; Rank: Boatswain's Mate; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: died 6 September 1812.

William Parrot; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 51; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 30 August 1810 to HMS Caroline.

William Parrot; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 51; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother ; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: discharged 30 August 1810 to HMS Caroline.

Thomas Archer; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 47; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: died 20 November 1811.

Joseph Miller; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 63 and 270; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not stated); When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: died 23August 1812.

William Eagon; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 101; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: died at sea 11 February 1813.

John Baldon; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 26; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Jane; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: died 29 January 1810.

George Lockyer; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 45; Rank: Carpenter's Mate; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: discharged 5 April 1812 to HMS Illustrious.

Joseph Hanson; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 48; Rank: Purser's Steward; Relation: Mother Rose; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: discharged to HMS Namur (date not given).

Richard McDonald; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 52; Rank: Able Steward; Relation: Wife Isabella; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: deserted 4 February 1808.

John Groves; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 58; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: deserted 4 February 1808.

William Collan; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 64; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Mary Ann; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: died 11 May 1813.

Brian Jones; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 78; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: invalided 31 December 1811.

Alexander Milne; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: SB 95; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Margaret; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: deserted 8 July 1810.

James Shearman; Ship's name: HMS Barracouta; Pay book number: ML 4; Rank: Private Royal Marine 3rd Class; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: died 11 August 1808.

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