LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mrs Mavis Spears, Islay station honorary secretary from 1992 until her death.

Mrs Spears was honorary secretary of Isle of Islay ladies lifeboat guild from 1971 and was appointed station honorary secretary following her...

JUNE 5TH. - DOVER, KENT. The lifeboat rescued fifteen French soldiers from an open boat.

For details see “ Evacuation of Men of the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army from Dunkirk,” page 79..

KESSINGLAND, SUFFOLK. — Signals of distress were observed at 7.45 P.M. on the 24th March from the schooner J. W. T., of Truro, bound from Euncorn to Newcastle with a cargo of rock salt. The St. Michael's Paddington Life-boat at once...

The former Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., represented the Institution at the funeral on 5th June of the Duke of Windsor, who was President of the R.N.L.I. from 1919 to 1936..

While trying to help the yachtsmen the inflatable dinghy was capsized. The two lifeboatmen who had been manning her and one of Melfort's crew, swept down to Derby Haven breakwater, were successfully lifted from the sea by the crew of the... - View image in PDF

Dr Owen Parry-Jones, LRCP and s of I, LM, alongside Moelfre's 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat Horace Clarkson. Dr Parry-Jones is chairman of Moelfre station branch and has been the station's honorary medical adviser since 1972.. - View image in PDF

NOVEMBER 1993 Ken Derham, chairman of Mudeford lifeboat station from 1976 to 1993. He was the founder honorary secretary of the station in 1963, a post he held until 1976 when he became the deputy launching authority until 1985. Mr Derham...

Every year hundreds of people flock to see the laser and light shows during the Walsall Illuminations. In the 1999 event, one of the many features was the above display depicting a 'splashy' slipway lifeboat launch from a boathouse... - View image in PDF