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John Burns; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 4; Rank: Coxswain; Relation:...

Catalogue reference: ADM 27/16/219

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ADM 27/16/219
Date
1805-1809
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John Burns; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 4; Rank: Coxswain; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1805; Remarks: blank. Edward Higgins; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 22; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged as invalided (date not given). James Atkins; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 20; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: deserted 23 July 1808. James Atkins; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 20; Rank: Captain of the Afterguard; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: deserted 23 July 1808. D. Ferguson; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 29; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged 11 August 1806. John Coleman; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 19; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged to sick quarters (date not given). Thomas Roberts; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 28; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: deserted 14 August 1806. James Cruckshanks; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 9; Rank: Quartermaster; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: deserted 14 November 1809. James Cruckshanks; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 9; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1808; Remarks: deserted 14 November 1809. William Hill; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 10; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged 3 May 1811 to HMS Malta. William Hill; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 10; Rank: Coxswain; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged 3 May 1811 to HMS Malta. Richard Haines; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 36; Rank: Captain's Clerk; Relation: Mother (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: blank. James Ryan; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 68; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged to sick quarters ?. James Ryan; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 68; Rank: Quartergunner; Relation: Wife (name not given); When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged to sick quarters ?. John Twinham; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 15; Rank: Quartermaster; Relation: Wife Sarah; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged 14 October 1814 to HMS Menai. John Linnoe; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 3; Rank: Cook; Relation: Wife Grace; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: blank. John Smith; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 64; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: deserted 16 December 1806. Edward Edwards; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: ML 8; Rank: Private Royal Marine; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: died (date not given). ? William Thorne; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: ML 1; Rank: Corporal Royal Marine; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: blank. William Morgan; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: ML 5 ; Rank: Private Royal Marine; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: blank. Samuel Poole; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 78; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged as invalided 21 December 1811. John Hutton; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 40; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife Margaret; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: deserted 29 November 1806. James Duggun; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 44; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: discharged 14 October 1814 to HMS Comus. James Duggun; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 44; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1809; Remarks: discharged 14 October 1814 to HMS Comus. John Burnes; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 4; Rank: Boatswain; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged 28 January1809 to HMS Resistance. William Pascoe; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 104; Rank: Carpenter's Crew; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: deserted 12 November 1807. Edward Anstric; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: ML 12; Rank: Private Royal Marine; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1806; Remarks: discharged 23 May 1809 to Plymouth Hospital sick quarters. William Whitchurst; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 65; Rank: Sailmaker's Crew; Relation: Mother Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: died by accident 6 January 1810. Thomas Dawson; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 129; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Nancy; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: deserted (date not given). William Kirby; Ship's name: HMS Swallow; Pay book number: SB 107; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: died (date not given) drowned.

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