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Bill Adams, extreme right, and Tom Nutman, Dl (Scotland, north), fifth from right.
photograph by courtesy of Daily Express . . . and accepted an invitation to... - View image in PDF
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Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 3.27 on the afternoon of the 31st of January, 1957, the Southend coastguard tele- phoned to say the police had been informed that flashing lights had been seen from a vessel in Machrihanish Bay. The life-boat...
Coxswains of three lifeboats which were on service for more than 20 hours at the height of the Fastnet storm:. - View image in PDF
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THIRTEEN MEN TAKEN OFF BELGIAN TRAWLER Stronsay, Orkneys. At 10.10 on the morning of the 22nd December, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Belgian trawler was ashore on rocks between Auskerry and Stronsay. The...
(Jfte figure! refer to the mcmten oftlix Life-lmtt detailed on the ten preceding Pages.) A, F. H., 131.
A Friend at Bradford, 63.
A. Lady, 16.
A Lady, 31.
A Lady,...
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In celebration of the € Oth Anniversary of Dunkirk: Each plaie measures 6 '/« x 8 'A inches (15.8120.9 cm) Hardwood plate display measures appro*. 25 '/2 x 8 '/2 inches 'Endeavour' THE SPIRIT OF DUNKIRK An...
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THOSE of our readers who have visited the watering-places and the Life-boat Stations of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION on the south and south-east coasts of England cannot but have noticed with interest the vast quantity of shingle which...
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A winter sponsored raft race on the River Dee organised by the Aberdeen Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club raised £380 for Aberdeen's new Arun lifeboat BP Forties. The 27 starters were sent on their way by Coxswain Albert Bird, who... - View image in PDF
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THURSDAY, l11th April, 1912.
The Bight Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., was unanimously elected Chairman and SIR JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G., V.P., Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
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WE record, with great regret, the death on 20th September, at the age of eighty-one, of Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N., late chief inspector of life-boats. Commander Holmes was a Norfolk man, hailing from Morning- thorpe Manor House, Long...
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