LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Anniversaries are big news this year! It's the Diamond Jubilee of our Patron, a century since the Titanic sank (page 48) and the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, a passionate supporter of the RNLI.

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Neil Oliver’s fascination with daring deeds has led him to champion the RNLI – and he’s been in deep water himself a few times, as he tells Rory Stamp

With his rich Scots accent and long black hair, broadcaster, writer and...

DIED AFTER FALL Howth, Co. Dublin. At 5 p.m. on I2th June, 1964, the gardai told the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen down the cliff at Balscadden and could be seen in the water. The tide had been ebbing for two hours and there was a...

EACH YEAR since 1905, except in wartime, the annual National Service for Seafarers has been held in St Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London, to celebrate the unity of calling of all those who use the sea. At the 1981 service, held on...

AMONG THE AWARDS announced in the Birthday Honours list were: Knight Batchelor: Charles Keith Frossard, Bailiff of Guernsey. Sir Charles is a vice-president of Guernsey branch.

KCVO: John Michael Moore, CB DSC.

Ix September, 1934, a life-boat rescued two men who were seen clinging to a capsized boat. When she reached them they were completely exhausted.

A few days later they made a gift to the station. Not long afterwards one of...

Sir Arthur Reed, who was Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1931 to 1945, died on the 15th of January, 1961, at the age of 79. He joined the Com- mittee of Management in 1936. He served on the Finance and General Pur- poses Committees and...

ARTHUR FREDERICK EVANS died on the 24th May, 1961, at the age of 89.

He was appointed Surveyor of Machinery of the Institution in 1914, a position which he held until his retire- ment in 1926. He was largely responsible for...