LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coronation Honours
IN the Coronation Honours Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C., T.D., M.A.
secretary of the Institution, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and Captain Q. Craufurd, R.X., honorary secretary of the...
Category: Awards
Three Norwegian Fishing Vessels
Lerwick, Shetland - The life-boat Claude Cecil Staniforth slipped her moorings on 15th March, 1969, to go to the assistance of three Norwegian fishing vessels. A full report of this service, for which each member of the life-boat crew...
Sinking of Biscaya: Four Photographs Taken In Her Last Five Minutes One Minute After the First Photograph Was Taken (Left} Three Men Were Snatched from Biscaya Including
Sinking of Biscaya: four photographs taken in her last five minutes. One minute after the first photograph was taken (left} three men were snatched from Biscaya, including the Dutch crew member from salvage tug Titan.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Doctor James Corbett
Doctor James Corbett, committee member of Harwich branch since 1968 when he also served as the station's assistant honorary medical adviser until his appointment as honorary medical adviser in 1976. He served in this capacity until his...
Category: Obituaries
Captain J B Leworthy
Captain J. B. Leworthy who joined the Committee of Management in 1974and was elected a vice-president in 1983. He was a member of the executive, establishment, finance and investment committees and had recently taken over as chairman of the...
Category: Obituaries
Tony Purnell,
Tony Purnell, Woodbridge and District branch press officer from 1984 to 1995.
Tony was a committee member of Maldon branch from 1958to 1967 and station administration officer of West Mersea station branch from 1967 to...
Category: Obituaries
Colonel Kenneth L. C. Wright
November 1996 Colonel Kenneth L. C. Wright MBE TD, former chairman of the Portishead branch. Ken joined the branch in March 1976, serving as chairman until October 1976 but remained an active member of the committee until his death. He was...
Category: Obituaries
Doris Derrick,
Doris Derrick, a Minehead and district guild founder member since 1931. Mrs Derrick was responsible for flag days and house to house collections and continuing to serve in the boathouse shop until late 1995 when she retired aged...
Category: Obituaries
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Coxswain's Certificate of Service.
The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to the following, on their retire- ment :— RICHARD C. JENKINSON, 20J years coxswain and 7f years...
Category: Awards
Obituary
IN addition to Mr. Hargood, whose death is recorded on the opposite page, the Committee of Management have recently lost two valued colleagues by the deaths of Sir William Priestley, a Vice-President of the Institution and Chairman of the...
Category: Obituaries