Buxton men in the Royal Navy

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The National Archvies online catalogue
http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.asp
has an index to the entry books for ratings certificates of service in ADM29. The index includes records up to about 1860 and has the full class/piece number to order the document.

It mentions two people born in Buxton

ADM29/13/127 Samuel COPLING, Rating, born Buxton, Nfk
age on entry 23, served 10 Jun 1798 to 22 Nov 1808

ADM/29/27/203 William PYE, Rating, born Buxton
age on entry 39, served 17 Oct 1831 to 15 Nov 1843

may be of use to someone somewhere

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

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The Registers of Seamen's Services are being digistised and made available online at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?CatID=2&searchType=browsable&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1

The period to be covered is 1853-1923; at the time of posting this thread, the process of making these records available is not complete. To view the original sheet costs £3.50

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I've extracted the names of those shown as having been born in Buxton, they are:

ALEXANDER, Arthur Sidney, bn 20 Jul 1903. J95700, ADM188/697
ARTERTON, Ernest Walter, bn 11 Dec 1882. 203278, ADM188/353
CHADWICK, James, bn 20 Jul 1903. J95700, ADM188/838
COLE, Frederick John, bn 14 Jan 1881. 193576, ADM188/332
GOLDSMITH, Samuel, bn 14 Nv 1849. 125381, ADM188/165
GOODWIN, Benjamin, bn 12 Jun 1870. 134773, ADM188/184
GOWAN, William, bn 22 Sep 1838. 65373, ADM188/49
STEARMAN, William, bn 15 Oct 1851. 125381, ADM188/165
WADE, Cyril, bn 11 Nov 1899. F45668, ADM188/637
WATTS, George Arthur, bn 11 Jul 1878. 177532, ADM188/292
WILLIMOTT, Richard, bn 16 Oct 1899. J41397, ADM188/729