IN our January Number we gave an account of the spirited and philanthropic exertions of the inhabitants of Ipswich, headed by Mr. BATEMAN BYNG, to raise a fund for the establishment of a Life-boat station on the coast, and stated that so...
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(Below) Port Isaac's new D Class ILB was dedicated on Easter Sunday by the Vicar of Port Isaac, The Reverend F. J. W. Maddock. She was the gift of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Round Tables and was presented by their area chairman. John... - View image in PDF
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The Motor Life-boat Edward, Prince of Wales, at the Mumbles.. - View image in PDF
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Effective fund raisers in front of their effective fund-raising vehicle.
The ladies of Walton and Frinton guild raised over £900 during lifeboat week selling souvenirs from this caravan which thev purchased themselves.... - View image in PDF
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FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of His Majesty Kiso EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII....
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THE Institution was founded at a meeting held in the City of London Tavern on 4th March, 1824, with the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Manners Sutton), in the chair. The twelve resolutions which called the Institution into being and laid down...
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Last spring it was announced that the Variety Club of Great Britain had agreed to meet the costs of the payments made by the RNLI to dependent children of lifeboatmen who had lost their lives on service or exercise, and also that the Club... - View image in PDF
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RAMSGATE.—At about 2.20 A.M., on the 5th May, during a fresh wind from the N.N.W., signal guns and rockets were fired from' the North Sand Head and Gull Lightships. The Vulcan steam-tug and Life-boat Bradford were manned as quickly as...
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Thursday, 14th February, 1935.
SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the death of the Rt. Hon. and Rev. the Earl of Devon, a vice-president of the Institution since...
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A heavy breaking sea then struck the boat on the quarter, washing her broadside on to the beach ...'. This fine action photograph—it is a 'still' from a film—was taken by B.B.C. cameraman Tony Knightley from the cliff overlooking... - View image in PDF
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