LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The heartfelt words of the acclaimed poem 'Footprints' by Margaret Fishback Powers have brought comfort and hope to millions around the world. And now in glorious recognition of this wonderful verse, the master goldsmiths of Brooks...

DURING the war over 200 honorary workers and friends of the Institution died. Among them were three members of the Royal Family, H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, killed in an aeroplane accident on active service, H.R.H....

With deep regret we record the following deaths: SEPTEMBER 1994 John Jenkins, former coxswain of Dun Laoghaire from 1951 to 1966.

Mrs Vera Buckley, souvenir secretary of Marsden ladies' guild since 1986. She served as...

Silver Medal for Gallantry Coxswain Alan Thomas, Tenby, Dyfed.

On 22 September 1989 the Tenby Tyne class lifeboat RFA Sir Galahad launched to the assistance of three fishing vessels in difficulties off Worms Head. The...

Salute from search and rescue colleagues: a Wessex helicopter from Portland naval base flies overhead, streaming an RNLI flag, as, after her naming, RNLB Ralph and Bonella Farrant gives a demonstration run in Holes Bay.. - View image in PDF

Two Gold Medals Readers may remember mention in the winter 2003/04 issue of the Lifeboat of an appeal to provide a statue to the late Die Evans MBE. Thanks to the generosity of many, the dream became a reality in November 2004 when HRH...

By M. GRANJON de LEPINEY, Administrates Delegue.

[The footnotes are by the Editor of " The Life-Boat"] THE Central Society for Saving the Ship- wrecked * was founded in 1865 in the following circumstances. The...

When a 6-year-old girl died of polio after swimming at a sewage-contaminated beach, her grieving parents sparked a campaign that would leave a lasting public legacy

Caroline Wakefield died...