LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hma: Robert Haworth MRCS Lrcp Da Eng of Barmouth
One of the key people at every lifeboat station is the honorary medical adviser, a local general practitioner who takes into his care the routine medical oversight of boat and crew and who, while not necessarily required by his appointment...
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Moelfre's Tyne Class Lifeboat Robert and Violet
The Tyne towed her some eight miles to safety, in conditions which can well be gauged from the photograph taken by the lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF
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Francis Roberts
About 3 o'clock in. the afternoon on the 15th February, whilst the Life-boatmen were attending the funeral of the celebrated Life-boat veteran, James Haylett, the author of the famous phrase, " Caister men never turn back," the...
The Queen and the Duke Edinburgh Meet Members of the Committee of Management During the Garden Party for the Rnli at Buckingham Palace July 16
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh meet members of the Committee of Management during the garden party for the RNLI at Buckingham Palace, July 16. Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlel and Lady Hezlet are introduced to Her Majesty by Commander F.... - View image in PDF
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Robert Burgon, Ex-Coxswain at Berwick-on-Tweed
Robert Burgon, at one time Coxswain of the Berwick-on-Tweed Station, was drowned, on the morning of 24th March, with two other men in a motor fishingboat which was swamped by heavy seas and sank when crossing the bar on their way home. Born...
Category: Obituaries
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WICKLOW, IBELAND. -— The Life-boat placed here some years since having become unfit for further service has been replaced by the Institution—a fine new sailing boat of the self-righting type having, with the full concurrence of the Local...
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Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.L., J.P.
The committee of management also regret the death of another colleague, Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.L., J.P., an Elder Brother of Trinity House, who died on 26th April, at the age of...
Category: Obituaries
Fishing Boats
GOURDOR, JOHNSHAVEN, MONTROSE AND ARBROATH. — A strong gale suddenly sprung up on the east coast of Scotland on the morning of the 6th January and the fishing fleets were compelled to return as quickly as possible to the...
It Was a Summer of Fairs Tombola Break for (I to R) Mr and Mrs W J Shufflebottom Who Opened Their Home and Garden at Hanchurch for Stoke-On-Trent Ladies' Guild F
was a summer of fairs . . . tombola break for (I. to r.) Mr and Mrs W. J. Shufflebottom, who opened their home and garden at Hanchurch for Stoke-on-Trent ladies' guild fair, with Miss Winifred Barratt, who opened festivities, and Mrs W... - View image in PDF
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