LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Commercial Shipping: Taking Off the Crew
AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL last May the gold medal for outstanding gallantry was presented to Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port, Guernsey, and the silver medal to Coxswain/Mechanic Alexander ' Alastair' Gilchrist of...
Category: Articles
The Whitby Lifeboat Robert and Ellen Robson Is One of Only Two Pulling Boats Formerly In the Service of the Rnli Still In Existence She Was Built In 1918 By S E Sound
The Whitby lifeboat, Robert and Ellen Robson, is one of only two pulling boats formerly in the service of the RNLI still in existence. She was built in 1918 by S. E. Sounders Ltd, in the Isle of Wight, at a cost of £1,615. Length 34'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On 21st June, 1970—The 30th Anniversary of the Evacuation of Dunkirk,
On 21st June, 1970—the 30th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in May/June, 1940—a fleet of little ships of Dunkirk fame gathered in a huge circle off the coast of Thanet. Here a French sailor is shown casting a wreath from the town... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fishguard Crew Outside the House of the Institution
The Fishguard Crew Outside The House of the Institution. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Mouth of the Cave As Viewed from the Lifeboat
The mouth of the cave as viewed from the lifeboat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs J Stancer Chairman of the Warwick Ladies' Lifeboat Guild Holding the New Silver Lifeboat Trophy Described on This Page By Courtesy of Heart of England Newspaper
Mrs J. Stancer, chairman of the Warwick ladies' lifeboat guild, holding the new silver lifeboat trophy described on this page. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of Heart of England Newspapers Ltd.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Fowey (Cornwall), Weymouth (Dorset), Thurso (Caithness), and Stornoway (Island of Lewis) DURING September four new Motor Life-boats were formally inaugurated, those at Fowey, Weymouth, Thurso and Stornoway. Thus, with the South- end-on-Sea...
Category: Inaugurations
The Duchess of Sutherland Opening the London Bazaar
(Behind her, left to right, are : Mist Florence Eyre, Lady Baring and the Viscountess Bertie of Thame (Chairman of the London Women's Committee).). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Member of the Institution's Staff Killed
A member of the Institution's staff, Mr. Thomas Edgar Langridge, was killed last Christmas morning. He was cycling along a snow-bound road in Wembley, near his home, when he collided with a motor car. Two hours later he died in hospital...
Category: Obituaries
The Duchess of Kent and the Walmer Medallists
In the foreground, the Princess Alexandra and Lord Waverley; behind the Duchess, Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, secretary of the Institution (See page 323). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs