(Above) Four Scouts, one each from Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with the framed photograph of The Scout which they had received from Captain Kirk, and (above right) Robert Maiden, son of the coxswain, presents to Her... - View image in PDF
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Fishermen plucked to safety from vessel in danger of capsize Coxswain John C. Murray of Buckle lifeboat station has been congratulated on the 'leadership, determination and skill' he displayed during a service to the fishing vessel...
BROADSTAIRS.—On the 2nd March, in reply to signal guns from the Gull Lightship the Samuel Morrison Collins Life-boat proceeded to the Goodwin Sands and found the three-masted schooner Ocean Queen, of Plymouth, ashore on the...
The Maud Smith Bequest for the outstanding act of lifesaving by a lifeboatman in 1977 has been given to Coxswain Thomas Walsh of Kilmore.
On December 24 the lifeboat under his command was capsized twice while investigating...
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Coxswain Ron Cannon Received ihe Silver Medal tor his "...enormous .'OUMi!o. determination and seamanship...' during a service to .1 disabled yacht in I uro: ~ si-iles .ind rough sets See Ihe Spring 2IMM hsue for ihe full... - View image in PDF
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Honorary Life Governor1 One new honorary life governor, MR. B. V.
HOWELL, M.B.E., has been appointed in recognition of his services to the Institution.
At the annual general meeting of the Institution on...
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Lt Cdr M.W. Bond, honorary secretary at West Mersea lifeboat station from 1968 to 1983..
Category: Obituaries
Cdr George Cooper, deputy chief of operations;. - View image in PDF
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FROM ITS FOUNDATION in 1824, until the reign of George V, the Institution's medals were designed by officials of the Royal Mint. By courtesy of the Deputy Master, I am able to illustrate photographs of the original dies (Figs. 1 and 2),...
Category: Medals