ON 1st July His Majesty's Government gave a dinner at Lancaster House in honour of the Delegates to the Con- ference. The Right Hon. Sidney Webb, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, presided, supported by the Right...
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Expenditure in 1941 was £279,225. That was £11,505 less than in 1940.
It was £105,150 less than in the last year of peace. The reason is that the building of new life-boats has now almost ceased. Only one new...
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MARCH 4TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
A naval aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but a later message said that all aeroplanes had been accounted for, and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £8 11s..
OCTOBER 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A yacht had been reported signalling for help, but could not be found. Later she was reported off the Isle of Wight. - Rewards, £18 16s..
PARACHUTE FLARES LIGHT CLIFFS EN SEARCH Aberdeen. At 9.29 on the evening of the 4th May, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a request from the police for help in searching for a man reported to have fallen over the...
Stuart Roberts helmsman of Porthcawl inshore lifeboat, first joined the crew in July 1980.
Stuart, who is a local Police officer, was awarded the Institution's Silver Medal for o u t s t a n d i n g bravery when the... - View image in PDF
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Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 4.34 on the afternoon of the 7th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the police at Worthing had reported that a yacht had capsized west of the pier off Goring beach. The life-boat Rosa...
Tragic search for missing girlSunderland's Watson class lifeboat William Myers and Sara Jane Myers launched at 1630 on 10 February 1990 following an alert from Tyne Tees Coastguard that a girl had been swept off the promenade at Seaburn,...
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT CAMPBELTOWN JANUARY 1 9TH. - CAMPBLE- TOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWN-SHIRE. At seven minutes to eight in the morning a message came from the coastguard at Southend that a ship was ashore in front of the...
Coxswain Ronald Hardy presents members of Swanage crew to His Royal Highness: (.'. to r.) Walter Bishop, John Bishop, Philip Dorey, Eric Dorey (shaking hands) and Second Coxswain/Mechanic Victor Marsh. photographs by J. P.... - View image in PDF
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