LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Letters
Still going strong It may be of interest to some of your readers that the actual barometer featured on p. 312 of your Spring 1986 edition is still in good working order and situated in a glass panelled recess in a wall at the village of...
Category: Correspondence
Princess Marina Duchess of Kent Presenting the Silver Medal to Coxswain J Nicolson of Aith for His Part In the Rescue of the Crew of 12 of the Trawler Juniper on 19th Feb
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, presenting the silver medal to Coxswain J. Nicolson, of Aith, for his part in the rescue of the crew of 12 of the trawler Juniper on 19th February, 1967.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stars of a 'Going for a Song' Evening Arranged By Ashtead and Leatherhead Branches Last November Were (I to R) Richard Baker As Chairman With Contestants Mollie Sug
Stars of a 'Going for a Song' evening arranged by Ashtead and Leatherhead branches last November were (I. to r.) Richard Baker as chairman with contestants Mollie Sugden and Bill Pertwee. Two experts, Brian Clarke and Alastair... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Past and Present
/n the 7 74 /ears of the RNLI's existence, only 1 19 gold medals for gallantry have been awarded. That in itself is a measure of how jealously the Institution guards the honour, reserving it for acts of bravery in circumstances beyond...
Category: Articles
Gladonia (1)
Long hours at sea THE CARGO VESSEL Gladonla, broken down and drifting 34 miles east of Lowestoft, was reported to the honorary secretary of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat station by Yarmouth Coastguard at 0850 on Tuesday January 3,...
Spink
Read the heroic story behind every gallantry medal...
LIFEBOAT GALLANTRY The Complete Record of RNLI Gallantry Medals and how they were won 1824-1996 Edited by Barry Cox, Honorary Librarian, RNLI Since the RNLI's...
Category: Advertisement
Dismissal of a Life-Boat Crew
IT will be remembered by our Readers that on I the 25th November last the crew of the East- bourne Life-boat performed a very meritorious service. We are alluding to the rescue, under exceptionally trying circumstances, of the crew...
Category: Articles
In at the deep end
What's it like to join lifeboat volunteers in the sea survival pool? Philly Byrde finds out ...
'This is your Captain speaking. Abandon ship! abandon ship!' Oh good. This is exactly...
Category: Articles
The Earl Beaconsfield, of Glasgow
WEXFORD.—At about 8th Feb. 1884, telegrams were received stating that a large fourmast ship was ashore on the Pollock Rocks n Fethard Bay. The wind was blowing a whole gale from the south and the sea was very heavy. Horses were procured as...
The Fundraisers
Flags out for the lifeboats From Pinner to Plumstead, Romford to Richmond, Potters Bar to Petts Wood, members of almost 100 London branches were knocking on doors between 9 and 16 March during the RNLI's London lifeboat...
Category: Articles