Description
Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, VR, Andrew Andrews, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard. with copy service records.
Officially engraved: “Andrew Andrews Boatman H.M. Coast Gd.”
Medal awarded 6th January 1877, later that year promoted to Commissioned Boatman in July 1877.
With copy service records.
Andrew Andrews, was born in Devizes, Wiltshire on 8th August 1838.
He signed on with the Royal Navy as a Stoker on HMS Hannibal, on 1st Feb 1858. Volunteering for 10 years on 16th October 1858.
Saw the following ship service:
HMS Belnheim, 15th Oct 1857 – 31st Jan 1858, AB
HMS Hannibal, 1st Feb 1858 – 15 Feb 1859, appointed Stoker during this period.
HMS Exmouth, 1st Feb 1859 – 7th Feb 1859
HMS St Jean D’Acre, 8th Feb 1859 – 13th April 1861
HMS Asia, 14th April 1861 – 20th June 1862
HMS Black Prince, 21st June 1862 – 18th may 1866
HMS Asia, 19th may 1866 – 9th July 1866
HMS Revenge, Coast Guard, 27th July 1866 – 30th June 1873
HMS Caledonia, Coast Guard, 1st July 1873 – 31st March 1875.
HMS Resistance, Clovelly (North Devon), Coast Guard, Commissioned Boatman, 28th July 1877 – 28th April 1878
HMS Resistance, Stoker, Commissioned Boatman, Clovelly, 19th Aug 1878 – 14th June 1880.
HMS Defence, 15th June 1880 – 27th August 1885
HMS Hotspur, 28th August 1885 – 20th May 1887
HMS Neptune, 21st May 1887 27th August 1888
Shore pensioned on 27th August 1888, having served 31 years in the Royal Navy.
Traced LSGC medal 6th January 1877.
With his retirement, shown on the 1891 census as a Navy Pensioner, with his wife Martha R. Andrews and son living in Alwington, Bideford, Devon, naturally he chose to retire right on the coast.
Also shown same place in 1911 Census.
He died there during 1912 on 30th September, and was buried in Alwington.
