Lt Cdr R M Richards, President of Barmouth station. He joined before 1967 and was Chairman from 1968 until 1979 when he became President. He was awarded the Silver badge in 1986.. - View image in PDF
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Somebody's sure to spot you, if• •• you have a SARBE BE369 aboard, because this new Flotation Distress Beacon automatically transmits sequentially on both the civil (VHP) and the military (UHF) aviation distress frequencies.
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With deep regret we announce the following deaths: April Dr Robert Rees Prytherch, a lifelong supporter of the RNLI who had been honorary medical adviser at Criccieth since 1956 and chairman of the station branch for many years. He was...
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SEVEN FISHING BOATS ESCORTED TO HARBOUR Whitby, Yorkshire. On the afternoon of the 9th November, 1962, anxiety was felt for the safety of local fishing boats which were still at sea, and at 1.20 it was decided to launch the life-boat. At...
Mr Norman Phillips, chairman on the Orpington branch. Norman joined as a committee member in 1985 and was elected chairman in 1986. A silver badge was presented to him in 1995..
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ADRIFT FOR THIRTY-ONE HOURS Minehead, Somerset. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 23rd May, 1963, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that he had seen the cabin cruiser Sea Flight displaying a distress signal.
There...
Although there are onlv four members in Ashfield & District branch, a cheque was presented at a charity concert to celebrate the second £1,000 it had raised last year. The concert was held by the West Nottinghamshire School of Music... - View image in PDF
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damage. He also felt it would be too dangerous to try to close alongside.
Instead, he instructed his crew to prepare a tow and moved the lifeboat, stern-first, towards the casualty's port bow. The occupants could be...
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The lighting services have given as never before. Last year they gave £19.385- The Air Force gave eleven times as much as in the last year of peace; the Navy twelve .times as much; the Array twenty-one times as much..
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