LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Saturday, 15th May, 1897.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Rescue In Thick Fog Off the Orkneys
THE first news that the steam trawler Leicester City, of Grimsby, was in dis- tress to reach a life-boat station came in the form of a message from the Wick coastguard to the Thurso, Caithness-shire, honorary...
Category: Services
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1891
THE MOST HONORABLE THE MARQUIS OP HARTINGTON, M.P., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Most Hon. The generously given to the Service by the Local Honorary Secretaries, Treasurers and Committees.
Seconded by The...
Category: Meetings
Eight Medals for Gallantry
Coxswain Henry Blogg (two gold and three silver medals). - View image in PDF
Second Coxswain J. J Davies (three bronze medals). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Silver Medal for Padstow
On the izth of August the Padstow No.i. life-boat rescued the crew of ten of the steamer "Kedah" close under St. Agnes Head, in a full gale and huge, confused seas. It was only at the third attempt, after being twice damaged, that...
Category: Articles
Tewkesbury Abbey Is An Unlikely Landmark For An RNLI Flood Rescue Crew
tewkesbury Abbey is an unlikely landmark for an RnLI fl ood rescue crew Photo: robin Goodlad. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
French Medals for Three Life-Boat Crews. Barry Dock, Torbay and Longhope
Barry Dock, Torbay and Longhope.
THE French Government has awarded medals to English, Scottish and Welsh life-boat crews for gallantry last winter.
During the seven months, from the beginning of...
Category: Medals
The Lord Mayor's Show
LAST November, for the first time since 1924, the Centenary year, a Lifeboat took part in the Lord Mayor's Show. The Boat was a Pulling and Sailing Life-boat from the Reserve Fleet at the Store-yard at Poplar. She was drawn by a...
Category: Articles
M.B.E. for Norfolk Coxswain
Coxswain Theodore Neilsen, of Wells, Norfolk, has been made a member of the Order of the British Empire. The services for which the award has been made have not been published. Coxswain Neilsen, went with the rest of the fishermen of Wells...
Category: Articles
Resolutions Passed at the Annual General Meeting for 1909
THE RIGHT HON. LORD GEORGE F. HAMILTON, G.C.S.I., is THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Chairman.
Seconded by SIR JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G.
1. That the Annual Report be adopted, printed and...
Category: Meetings