Coxswains Terry George of Sennen Cove, left, and Neil Brockman of Penlee were both awarded a Bronze Medal as a result of their joint service to the fishing vessel Julian Paul.
They are pictured shortly before receiving... - View image in PDF
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A lieutenant of the R.N.V.R. "just returned safely" after nine years overseas, two in Hoag Kong, three in Shanghai, and four in a prisoners' of war camp, has sent the Institution £5, and become an annual...
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Soon after midnight of the 29th January the night signals of dis- tress of a vessel on the North Sand End, Goodwin Sands, were observed. It was blowing hard from the N.E. at the time.
The Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins...
In this issue News Including the naming of Falmouth lifeboat by Her Majesty The Queen and her Golden Jubilee celebrations Letters Feature Moving inland The RNLI's first inland lifeboat station celebrated its first birthday in May - Sam...
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The Annual Meetings The RNLI's Annual General Meeting and Annual Presentation of Awards for 1997 will again take place in the Barbican Hall, London.
The meetings will be held on Thursday 15 May, the AGM at 1130 and the...
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NOVEMBER, BY TRADITION, is the time for the annual conference of the district organising secretaries, the liaison officers between the RNLI's voluntary financial branches and guilds in the field and its headquarters at Poole. At the...
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ALTHOUGH, in the course of its 127 years of work the Institution has saved, or helped to save, thousands of vessels from destruction, it makes no claims for salvage. Its sole purpose is the rescue of life. When, however, life- boats are able...
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Swimmers make a record splash: Stourbridge schoolchildren show the amount they raised for the lifeboat service at a swimming gala. Pupils from 14 schools took part in a fun event organised by swimming teacher Mrs Joan Hadley as a grand... - View image in PDF
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To each of the three annual meetings of the Institution since the outbreak of war The Duke of Kent sent a message of congratulation. The last of these messages was read by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, when he...
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In connection with the report on page 277 of the April Journal recording Mrs. R. H.
Robinson's retirement as the District Organising Secretary for the R.N.L.I, in the south east, it has been pointed out that she served,...
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