Examples
of Various Listings relating to H.E.I.C. Officers’ and Petty Officers’ Service
Source: BL:IOR:
L/MAR/C/651 - Register of Commanders in the Company’s Service 1737-1832 - with
dates of resignation or death
.
This has an
alphabetical index at the front, but it is significantly damaged, so that many
entries are incomplete. It may, or may not be complete
Example:-
p.14
.
|
‘1777 October 8 |
Peter
Douglas |
Resigd 16 October 1793 Dead’ |
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/667 - List of Commanders, Officers and Other Ranks down to
Carpenters in the Company’s Service August 1828-34, with age, service, dates of
discharge etc.
.
Not at all simple
to use, this is in a tabular form, showing names; date of birth or baptism;
number of voyages (various, such as when commanders also served as mate); when
entered; when discharged; and total service in years
These are in two
separate listings - ‘Company’s Own’ and ‘Under Contract’
Interestingly,
these begin with commanders and masters. Next are chief mates, where age and
number of voyages are shown and so on down to sixth mates. Then there are
midshipmen, surgeons, surgeons’ mates, pursers, boatswains, gunners &
carpenters.
Also, there are
some Poplar Fund records within this volume relating to the registers to
applications for Maritime Compensation 1834 to 1836
Although
alphabetically indexed, unfortunately this does not seem to tally with the main
body. There are only snippets of various records, but one ‘series’ of eleven
pages has seemingly excellent genealogical information giving details of
marriages and children. So, it may be worth trawling through these if there are
individual officers in this position. There are also eight pages showing the
deaths of officers and sometimes admissions to compensation of widows covering
1834 to 1857
Go to examples of H.E.I.C. Officers’ Records of Service
Go to examples of H.E.IC. Petty Officers’ Records of Service
Go to examples documents relating to the H.E.I.C.’s Poplar Fund
Go to an example of Indian Navy Officers’ Records of Service
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