The 168th Annual General Meeting of the RNLI was held in what has become its traditional venue - the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank - on the morning of Tuesday 19 May, 1992. The weather, however, was far from the traditional...
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Anstruther: After a branch dinner at 'The Cellar' in April honorary medical adviser Dr Chris Brittain presented first aid certificates to ten members of the crew and launchers; all who took the examination passed. Dr Brittain himself... - View image in PDF
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The autumn ball held by Wells branch at the Bishop's Palace last September was an outstanding success and very much enjoyed. As well as a raffle there was an auction for a cricket bat signed by Somerset and Gloucestershire cricket teams... - View image in PDF
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Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
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Honours for Hugh
On Friday 6 March, Her Majesty the Queen handed Captain Hugh Fogarty his MBE at...
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[This article appeared in The Lancet for 29th, June 1946, in the feature "In England Now," and is reproduced by kind permission of the author and the editor of The Lancet.] OCCASIONALLY we read in our daily paper "The...
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THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 23rd of March, 1954, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E., chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Princess Royal pre- sented...
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Over 70% of our planet’s surface is water but who is in charge of traffic on this vast highway and how has maritime law evolved?
This year sees the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the...
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France Honours the Life-boat Service A Decoration for a Cornish ex-Coxswain ON the 14th of July last, a reception was held at University College, South- ampton to mark the celebrations of France's national day, Le Quatorze...
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CATEGORY (1) Naval vessels . .
(2) Foreign going merchant vessels (3) Home trade merchant vessels . .
(4) Commercial fishing vessels (5) Powered pleasure craft . .
(6) Sailing pleasure...
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Front Row (left to right) : The Master of Sempill, Sir Malcolm Campbell, the Bishop of Durham, H.R.H. Princess Louise, the Prince of Wales. Sir Godfrey Baring. Bt., the Right Hon. A. V. Alexander, M.P.
and the Hon. George... - View image in PDF
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