First-aid treatment for a member of the crew of the torpedoed London Trader picked up by the Shoreham lifeboat on July 26, 1940.. - View image in PDF
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Final combined exercise between RAF Chivenor air station and Appledore lifeboat, off Croyde Beach, August 1, 1974: the last of the pilots is lifted from the sea.. - View image in PDF
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(Left) The local lifeboat entry for the cavalcade which opened Alderney Week 1977. Mrs N. J. Allen leads the RNLI team in Alderney, which, with an island population of about 1,750, has contributed £4,340 to Guernsey branch funds over... - View image in PDF
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Twenty-one West Sussex businessmen took part in a sponsored cycle ride from Littlehampton to Rustington and back in October, in aid of the R.N.L.I. The only unusual thing was that all were on one cycle, said to be the largest in the world,... - View image in PDF
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During a strong breeze from the S.S.E., a thick fog, and a heavy sea, on the 15th March, signal guns were heard in the direction of the Middle Cross Sand Lightship.
The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was launched at...
CLACTON-ON-SEA.—The gale of the 20th November was severely felt here, the wind blowing from the E.N.E. with a very heavy sea. At 8 o'clock in the morning the Life-boat Albert Edward was launched, a three-masted schooner, which proved to...
The demise of a £136 pile of pennies at the Scarsdale Arms, Edwardes Square, Kensington. The building of the column of coins is supervised by landlord Peter Dunks and his wife Audrey and in this picture Kensington branch treasurer... - View image in PDF
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APRIL 9TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. The Norwegian oil-tanker Beuston and the British steamer Dudley Rose sailing in convoy had been attacked by German aeroplanes, and the tanker had been set on fire. The sea was a mass of flame for 150-500 yards...
WE gladly embrace the earliest opportunity of redeeming the pledge, given in the June number of this Journal, that the services of Naval Officers, now living, the holders of Lloyd's Honorary Medals, should have a page to themselves. It...
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Ashford held a Concert.
Barnes held a series of Dances, which were a great success. East Sheen held a Dance, and a Dance was organized at Erith by the local sea scouts.
Greenwich held a Whist Drive and...
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