Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. — At 4.30 in the morning of the 19th of November, 1948, a telephone message was received from Vatersay Island asking for help to be sent for a maternity case. A south-east gale was blowing with a rough...
On the 7th of December, 1959. the Cromarty and Torbay life-boats carried out services for which medals for gallantry were awarded. Full accounts of these services begin on page 389.
On the same day the Longhope life- boat...
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The death occurred in April this year of ex-Coxswain Douglas Kirkaldie who was from 1946 to 1952 in command of the Ramsgate, Kent, life-boat. He was 81. Mentioned in despatches for decoy work during the Dunkirk evacuation, Mr. Kirkaldie was...
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Members of East Devon Artists for Charity exhibited their work at Brancombe and Seaton in 1999 to raise money for the lifeboats.
The exhibitions, which involved considerable work in setting up and manning, raised the... - View image in PDF
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Jim Turreff, crew member and emergency mechanic at Alderney lifeboat station was recently awarded the City and Guilds Bronze Medal for excellence for the 2440 Marine Craft Competences Part two - the only student in the UK and Ireland to... - View image in PDF
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Six year old Alexandra Avern presented a coffee jar containing £6.50 to Leamington Spa branch treasurer Tony Avern (the second name is not a coincidence, Tony is her uncle!). Alexandra is a keen lifeboat supporter and member of Storm... - View image in PDF
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WELLS, NORFOLK.—The ketch Hopewell, of Lynn, bound for Wells from Hull with corn and cake, arrived in Holkham bay on the afternoon of the 3rd August, just after high water, and was lying there awaiting the next tide when she would proceed to...
R.A.F. DESERTERS RESCUED Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.35 in the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1947, the coastguard at Warden Point reported a small yacht, with her engine broken down, drifting near forts on the Shivering Sands, and the...
Dover, Kent.—At 1.30 in the after- noon of the 8th of April, 1950, the life- boat mechanic saw a rowing boat in the outer harbour in need of help.
At 1.40 the life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, left her...