Leslie Crowther (I.) and Robert Keegan were two of the guests at the RNLI gala at Ashburton Park on July 3, which was also attended by the Deputy Mayor and Mayoress of Croydon. During the afternoon, opened by Leslie Crowther, more than 5,000... - View image in PDF
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• Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, was a man of considerable vision who always pursued his ideas relentlessly, though some of his schemes were not realised until after his death. He_ proposed the formation of an international...
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KILMOKE, Co. WEXFORD.—The John Robert Life-boat was launched at noon on the 24th May, to the assistance of the s.s. Pontiac, of and for Liverpool, from New Orleans, with a cargo of cotton and maize, which had struck on St. Patrick's...
TOTLAND BAY, ISLE OF WIGHT.—At 12 noon on the 15th February the Lifeboat Charles Luckonibe was taken out to the assistance of the brigantine Constance Ellen, of Runcorn, bound from Woolwich for Belfast with iron and cement, stranded on the...
The following coxswains, members oj lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...
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WILLIAM FLEMING, former coxswain of the Gorleston life-boat, died on the 30th of September, 1954, at the age of 89.
He was born in 1865 and first served as a member of the Gorleston crew before he was twenty. He became...
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August storms TWO DEEPENING DEPRESSIONS sweeping in from the Atlantic last summer within a few days of each other brought with them first, on August 9, severe gales with storm force gusts and then, on the night of August 13 and 14, storm...
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Collecting house flags of various shipping lines is the hobby of Mr. C. M. Pope, who lives near Sherborne in Dorset. For each flag received he sends a contribution to the R.N.L.I., this "consideration money" amounting to an average...
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FEBRUARY Launches 53 Lives rescued 22 FEBRUARY 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.58 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel in distress east-south-east of the coastguard station. A southerly gale was blowing against the first of the flood...
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