LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To WILUAM BBOWS, on his retirement, after serving 17 years as Coxswain, 15 years as Second Coxswain, and previously 18 years a* a member of the crew of the Cressweli Life- boat, a Certificate of Service and a Com- mutation of...
Category: Awards
Galaxia
Fire dramaCoordination between the lifeboat and the Navy was the key to the successful operation to save a blazing Spanish trawler. Fire had broken out at around 3pm on Saturday, 27 January in the accommodation section of the ship, which had...
Moving With the Times
From humble beginnings in London's Austin Friars, RNLI Head Office has come a long way from its original one-room operation...
The RNLI started life in the City of London, then the financial centre of the world, and the...
Category: Articles
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories Wick Lifeboat by Ian Cassells published by Cluny Publishers at £3.50 Subtitled '150 Years of Tireless Service' this A5-size softback is a full and informative history of the saving of life at sea in...
Category: Articles
To Commemorate Tynemouth Lifeboat Station's Centenary In 1962 a Stained Glass Window Was Dedicated In Christ Church North Shields It Depicts the Original 1789 Con
To commemorate Tynemouth lifeboat station's centenary, in 1962, a stained glass window was dedicated in Christ Church, North Shields. It depicts the Original, 1789, Constance, on station in 1862,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Life-Boat Essay Competition
THIS year's competition, tie fifth to be held, proved, on the whole, still more successful than last year's, when the competition was revived after an inter- val of three years.
Nine hundred and forty-seven schools...
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Guernsey Ladies' Guild Has Its Own 'Lifeboat' a Mobile Souvenir Stall Which Attracts Great Interest Wherever She Goes Roger Wood Designed Lady Goodwill and Built Her With
Guernsey ladies' guild has its own 'lifeboat', a mobile souvenir stall which attracts great interest wherever she goes. Roger Wood designed Lady Goodwill and built her with the help of other lifeboat supporters; materials were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Past and Present
/n the 7 74 /ears of the RNLI's existence, only 1 19 gold medals for gallantry have been awarded. That in itself is a measure of how jealously the Institution guards the honour, reserving it for acts of bravery in circumstances beyond...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat People
Among the awards announced in the New Year Honours list were: Knights Bachelor Timothy Hugh Bevan, chairman, Barclays Bank PLC. Sir Timothy has been honorary treasurer of Balcombe and Staplefield branch since 1964 and was awarded the...
Category: Articles
People and Places
Around ana about the RNLI Just the ticket! Upon retirement from 23 years RNLI service, Assistant Manager of Depot General, Angela Miller (right), drew the winners of the 88th Lifeboat Lottery.
The draw, held in January at...
Category: Articles