LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
FINANCE SECRETARY
Mr. John R. Barnett, who lives at West Meon, nr. Petersfield, Hampshire, has been appointed Assistant Secretary (Finance) of the R.N.L.I. An Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, Mr. Barnett, who has held work study posts, was...
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Members of the Lyme Regis Branch of the R.N.L.I. Demonstrating the 'Kiss of Life' Apparatus
Members of the Lyme Regis branch of the R.N.L.I, demonstrating the 'kiss of life' apparatus. In the photograph are Miss V. Crabb; the 'patient', Miss J. RafTo, and IRB crew members Mr. John Chase and Mr. Albert... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Capsizing Tests on 44-002
As we closed for press the life-boat 44-002 John F. Kennedy, the first of the Institution's fleet of six 44-ft. steel life-boats, was undergoing trials at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Here she is shown during capsizing and self-righting tests at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Atlantic College St.Donat's Castle
Atlantic College, St Donat's Castle: After naming the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat, John J. Louis, Jnr, the American Ambassador aboard American Ambassador (I) with Andrew Stuart, headmaster of the college and chairman of the... - View image in PDF
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Lerwick:
Lerwick: The 52ft Arun Soldian before her naming. In background, moored alongside, can be seen the Norwegian lifeboat Skomvaer II: she was also visited by the Duke of Kent during the afternoon.
photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
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Silver Medallists 1974: (l to R) Motor Mechanic Barry Pike (Torbay); Coxswain Ben Tart (Dungeness); Coxswain Albert Bird and Motor Mechanic Ian Jack (Aberdeen); Hel
Silver medallists 1974: (/. to r.) Motor Mechanic Barry Pike (Torbay); Coxswain Ben Tart (Dungeness); Coxswain Albert Bird and Motor Mechanic Ian Jack (Aberdeen); Helmsman Edward Brown and Crew Member Robin Middleton (New Brighton); Coxswain... - View image in PDF
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Operation Sterndrive Is a Big Pull for Supporters
Bryan Ralph (left) starts the big pull for Operation Sterndrive. With him are, from left to right, Trevor Lee (puller), Bryan Thompson (puller), 'Maggie' (helper), Janet Ralph (co-organiser and steerer), and Ken and Ruth Cookson... - View image in PDF
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Medals for Gallantry In 1946
FOUR medals for gallantry were awarded by the Institution in 1946, two silver and two bronze. The silver medals were won by Coxswain John Murt, of Padstow, and Robert Harland, a member of the Whitby crew, and the bronze medals by Coxswain...
Category: Medals
Six of the Seven Life-Boatmen Who Were Present at the Centenary Thanksgiving Service
From left to right:—ex-Coxswain Holbrook, of Bembridge, hie of Wight; ex-Coxswain Robert Burton, of Berwick-on-Tweed i Second-Coxswain George Newman, of Worthing Coxswain Walter Fairbairn, of Dunbar and Skateraw; Coxswain Daniel Murphy, of... - View image in PDF
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New Year Honours
The R.N.L.I, received recognition in the New Year Honours, one award going to an official at the London headquarters and two to a coxswain and a second coxswain.
M.B.E.
• Mr. John R. Atterton, deputy...
Category: Awards