THOSE who read of the naming ceremonies of life-boats, but have not been present at one, may be interested to read also the service with which, before she is named, every life-boat is solemnly dedicated to her work. This service is used by...
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Two saved from taxi stranded on causeway West Mersea South East Division West Mersea's Atlantic 21 lifeboat carried out a somewhat unusual rescue on 26 January when she was called to a taxi stranded on the causeway to a nearby island.<...
Below: The Queen at the helm with (right) Staff Coxswain Roy Harding of the R.N.L.I.. - View image in PDF
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Above - the rescued family. - View image in PDF
safe and well back at the station,. - View image in PDF
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Prize winners Mr and Mrs Smith meet Coxswain Peter Huxtable and his team at Shoreham Harbour Photo: John Periam. - View image in PDF
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IN our Annual Report published in May special attention was drawn to the fact that the Committee had appointed Organising Secretaries to promote " Life- boat Saturday" demonstrations, and to form new inland Branches. Very en-...
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NOVEMBER 25TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE. A British bomber had crashed, her crew of four had come down by parachutes, and one of them was believed to have dropped in the sea, but it was found later that he, like the others, had come...
confer the decoration of the Albert Medal of the second class on Sub-lieutenant LIONEL ANDROS DE SAUSMAREZ, R.N., of Her Ma- jesty's ship Myrmidon. The following is an account of the services in respect of which the decoration has been...
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Walton and Frinton, Essex.—About 5.0 on the evening of the llth of August, 1951, a visitor reported to the police that a barge seemed to be in difficulties off Holland Haven. The police informed the coastguard at Clacton, but as the Clacton...
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 2 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 3 NEW COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT MEMBERS 5 LADIES' LIFE-BOAT GUILD 5 R.N.L.I. DELEGATION IN UNITED STATES 6 NEW U.S. STEEL LIFE-BOAT 9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR II AN...
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