LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Exmouth and Torbay, South Devon.— At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1956, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that the Devon County Constabulary had reported that two children who had gone out from Dawlish in a small boat had...

Recruitment Activities This section of The Lifeboat is often used to describe the different ways in which new RNLI supporters are recruited and, as this year's marketing activities are about to start, it may be helpful to give an...

IT has happened on a number of occasions that a Life-boat has acted as ambulance in bringing injured men to shore. Another service of this kind was performed by the Appledoie Motor Life-boat on the 10th October. A wireless message was...

PEOPLE sometimes complain of flag days. Collectors, perhaps, sometimes feel a little weary of them, but to those who come fresh to them they are evidently a delight. An organising secretary of the Institution recently wrote of a flag day:...

WOLVERHAMPTON has launched an appeal to provide an Atlantic 21 ILB complete with launching tractor, trailer, boathouse, slipway and all operational equipment at Abersoch, North Wales, where many Wolverhampton people, on holiday, take to the...

ST. DAVID'S, PEMBKOKESHIBK.—At about midnight on the 27th May, rockets were fired from the South Bishops Lighthouse.

The crew of the Augusta Life-boat were summoned; the boat was launched, and on reaching the lighthouse...

A photograph taken in 1966 of some of Sheringham's retired lifeboatmen. Left to right: Teddy 'Fiddy' West, Bob 'Joyful' West (father of today's 'Joyful'), Jimmy 'Paris' West, Henry 'Joyful'... - View image in PDF

The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours - C.B.

Rear Admiral Geoffrey H. Carcw-Hunt, Admiral Commanding Reserves, is an ex-officio member of the Committee of Management of the Institution...