Injured climber A MAN, APPARENTLY SERIOUSLY INJURED and lying at the foot of the cliff at Jackets Point, three miles north east of Port Isaac ILB station, was reported to the honorary secretary by HM Coastguard at 1332 on Wednesday, May...
Greater London.
Life-boat day was held in Greater London on 19th May, carried out by ninety-two branches. The amount raised was £5,046, an increase of £138 on 1935.
The challenge shield for...
Category: Branches
THURSDAY, 13th October, 1904.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
One George Medal, to COXSWAIN ROBERT CROSS, of The Humber.
Two Distinguished Service Medals to COXSWAIN HOWARD PRIMROSE COOPER KNIGHT, of Ramsgate, and COXSWAIN EDWARD DRAKE PARKER, of Margate (1940).
Four...
Category: Medals
A patchwork quilt, big enough for a double bed, was handmade by members ofBangor ladies' guild, Co. Down. The material for the multi-coloured quilt was generously donated by Whiteweave of Belfast. The ladies who assembled the quilt are... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eight saved from yacht dismasted and close to rocks in onshore galeThe coxswain of Blyth lifeboat, Keith Barnard, has been awarded the RNLI's Thanks of the Institution on Vellum for saving the lives of eight people from a dismasted yacht...
Spring comes early to the Isles of Scilly and on March 4, St Mary's town hall was a blaze of colour for the ladies' guild annual flower show: Mrs Mary West, chairman, is seen with some of the many varieties of daffodil shown,... - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 10.30 P.M. on the 29th May, 1938, the coastguard reported that the weather was getting bad and that several small fishing boats were at sea.
By 11 P.M. a...
the harbour entrance when she received a message from Barragutt saying that her steering gear had broken down and she was wallowing in the navigation channel between perches 6 and 7. When crossing the first bar the wire connecting the rudder...
Category: Services
Mechanics down tools to pick winners Lifeboatmen attending a five-day mechanical and engineering course in Poole took time out of their busy schedule to draw the winning tickets for the Autumn lifeboat lottery in...
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