Coast Watchman Blue

Coast Watchman Felt Scout Badge Blue 1912 to 1928

The Coast watchman badge has the image of a Lighthouse. 

First Issued in 1912 as watchman, Renamed to Coast Watchman in 1924,

This proficiency badge was worn on the right arm, starting from the cuff upwards in order of achievement.

To Earn the Coast Watchman Badge*

Must know every rock and shoal within the ?ve-fathom line on a four-mile stretch of coast near his head-quarters. He must know the rise and fall of tides, both spring and neap, and how to ascertain the times   of high and low water. He must know when the moon rises or sets and its quarter. He must know the set of the currents at all times of tide. He must know all danger spots to bathers and visitors, such as quick sands and places where they are liable to be cut off by the tide, and what to do if they get into dif?culties. He must know the best landing-places for boats and where they can ?nd shelter in bad weather. He must know the marks of ?shing boats which frequent the coast and the national ?ags of ships which pass. He must know the lighthouses which can be seen from his strip of coast and describe the lights they exhibit.  He must know the beacons, storm signals, coastguard stations, steam tugs, lifeboats and rocket apparatus, the nearest telegraph offices, telephones and addresses of doctors available from each point and the mercantile code of signals.         

* The requirements did vary through the years in POR.