LLANDDWYN, ANGLESEY.—On the 25th June the Life-boat John Gray Bell was launched to the assistance of the schooner Hannah and Joseph, of Liverpool, ashore on Carnarvon bar, which vessel, after some hours' hard work on the part of the...
On the 13th February, the Life-boat John Ashlury put off to the assistance of the American ship Edward VBrien, of St. Thomas, U.S.A., which, while on a voyage from Mobile to Liver- pool, got on the Morpha Bychan Sand, Cardigan Bay, in a...
Stornoway: for the service to Junella on September 29, 1980, Coxswain/Mechanic Malcolm Macdonald was awarded the silver medal for gallantry. With him are his crew, who were accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum, (I. to r... - View image in PDF
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When you are representing the RNLI and receiving a cheque from the Derbyshire Association of Sub Aqua Clubs you have to be prepared to sink to certain depths. This is what Shoreline member John Tester (r) did when Peter Townend (I) made the... - View image in PDF
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One of the prizes of a grand draw organised by Bridgnorth branch was this delightful decanter entitled May Day being shown by its designer and donor, John Smith, to Councillor Michael Ridley, Mayor of Bridgnorth. The Mayor drew the winning... - View image in PDF
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Faced with the problem of transporting a 35ft mast ten miles from Venton to the yacht he is building at Oreston, Peter Compton turned the exercise into a fund-raising event. The sponsored marchers, who raised £125 for Plymouth lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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While the choir of Grey Court School, Ham, sang carols for an hour Richmond station, a collection of £114 was taken for the RNLI by the 14th Richmond Sea Scouts (group Shoreline members). Altogether Richmondwith- Kew branch raised £... - View image in PDF
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Pictures above and below show the Longhope lifeboat, the David and Elizabeth King and E.B., just before the naming was done by Mrs. Marian Thornton, an Edinburgh solicitor's wife, who was nominated by the family of Miss Charlotte A. King... - View image in PDF
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On the 26th November, 1939, the Lytham-St. Annes life-boat got alongside the Mersey pilot boat Charles Livingstone, but the men on board, who were rescued later by the Blackpool life-boat, refused to leave her.
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Below: Sir Kevin Tebbit KCB CMC, Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Defence, and his wife.
Lady Tebbit, are joined by Tower Pier station manager Janet Kelly and Thames lifeboat crew members aboard Public... - View image in PDF
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