LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

To give his MG. TC, the bodvwork of which he had been re-building, a 'jolly good thrudging', Bob Shaw suggested a run from John O Groats to Land's End in aid of the lifeboats; Ian Horsefield said he would go along as second... - View image in PDF

THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1, 1982, for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more, has been awarded to: Arbroath Coxswain D. Matthewson Crew Member F. Fraser Crew Member D. Gerrard...

Brighton and Shoreham Harbour: Early in the evening of September 15, 1983, when a force 8 gale, gusting to strong gale, force 9, was blowing from the south west and the sea was very rough, a swimmer was reported in difficulties between... - View image in PDF

The bronze medal foi gallantry has been awarded to Coxswain John Cornish, of Ramsey, Isle of Man, and its thanks on vellum to the acting motor mechanic, for rescuing thirteen lives from an Aberdeen trawler which had gone ashore in a Tery...

The annual meeting was held in London on October 18th, and the seven life-boatmen who have won medals for gallantry since the end of the war were present. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, presided and read a message from...

A SECOND issue of "Life-boat Saturday, Illustrated," published by John Heywood, of Manchester, price 6d., is now ready.

This well-written and admirably got- up paper brims over with information relative to the...

Fraserburgh lifeboat My son Jim and I were two of the people rescued by Fraserburgh lifeboat last summer when the yacht Blanche got into trouble in a force 8 gale. We were most impressed by both the efficiency and humanity of the coxswain...

DURING November and December, 1920, and January, 1921, the following awards were made to Honorary Secretaries of Branches, and to other honorary workers in recognition of their services in the cause of the Institution : — To ROBERT LEES, Esq...