DURING 1937 sixty-six golf clubs held competitions in aid of the life-boat service and contributed £222 6*. 6d- Two more clubs held the competition than in 1936, and £25 more was contributed. The same appeal has been made...
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Torbay, Devon.—3rd July, 1939. A small motor yacht had caught fire, but another yacht rescued the only person on board. A donation was received in gratitude for the launching of the lifeboat.
—Rewards, S.2 Ws..
Selsey, Sussex.—19th August, 1939.
It had been reported that a rowing boat was drifting out to sea with a man on board shouting for help, but the lifeboat could find nothing.—Rewards, £11 15s..
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—On the 14th October, 1939, the motor life-boat E.M.E.D. rescued three lives from the barge Esterel, of London.—Rewards: silver and bronze medals, vellums, and £37 16s.
(A full account was...
On the 21st of January, 1955, the Cloughey life-boat rescued eleven men from the M.V. Roskva, of Bergen.
For a full account of this service and the awards made, see page 53..
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 21st of September, 1952, the coxswain of the No. 1 life- boat reported that the motor pleasure launch Lady Margaret, of Middles- brough, had gone aground on the harbour bar. The tide was too...
On the 25th of December, 1956, the Exmouth and Torbay life-boats put out to the Dutch motor vessel Minerva. In the course of the service William Carder, a member of the Exmouth crew, was washed overboard and lost his life. For a full account...
On the 30th of January, 1952, the Torbay life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the Royal Engineers steam tug Trieste. For full account of this service and the rewards given, see page 319..
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