Joseph Grant Bickford R.N.
Joseph Grant Bickford R.N.
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Joseph Grant Bickford R.N. | Explanation |
Third son of Joseph Bickford (1781-1859) and elder brother of James Edward Bickford |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1816 | | Born (Stonehouse, Devon, England) |
1853 | | Married Harriet Codrington, only daughter of Cordington Parr, of Dawlish, Devon |
6 September 1886 | | Died (Par Station, Cornwall) |
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Date | Rank |
1828 | Entered Navy |
23 November 1841 | Lieutenant |
6 September 1852 | Commander |
21 July 1860 | Captain |
1 April 1870 | Retired Captain |
31 December 1876 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
14 October 1845 | 15 October 1846 | Lieutenant in Retribution, commanded by Stephen Lushington, Channel squadron |
15 October 1846 | | Lieutenant in Vengeance, commanded by Stephen Lushington, Home station, then Mediterranean |
27 December 1852 | 30 March 1853 | Commander (2ic) in Albion, commanded by Stephen Lushington, Mediterranean |
30 March 1853 | | Commander (2ic) in Cumberland, commanded by George Henry Seymour, North America and West Indies, then (1854) the Baltic during the Russian War |
1 January 1855 | 12 August 1855 | Commander (2ic) in Princess Royal, commanded by Lord Clarence Edward Paget, the Black Sea (1855, including the blockade and bombardment of Sebastopol) during the Russian War |
13 August 1855 | | Commander (2ic) in Princess Royal, commanded by Lewis Tobias Jones, Mediterranean |
10 February 1856 | | Coast guard inspecting commander, Whiby |
1 January 1858 | | Commander (2ic) in Victory, commanded by George Henry Seymour, flagship of George Francis Seymour, Portsmouth |
27 June 1861 | 6 August 1864 | Captain in Narcissus (until paying off at Plymouth), flagship of Baldwin Wake Walker, Cape of Good Hope |
(14 June 1864) | January 1866 | Captain in Maeander, storeship, Ascension |
1 February 1866 | | Captain in Flora, guardship, Ascension |