Raymond Pope, Bexleyheath branch president from 1980 until his death. Raymond was also on the RNLI staff for 20 years, the last 10 as the City of London regional organiser..
Category: Obituaries
Hjalti is the newest crew member to benefit from the crew training appeal, undertaking first aid training with one of the mobile training unit trainers, Steve Ford. Hjalti's showing great interest!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
JANUARY 4TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX A Spitfire aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the life-boat was recalled as the airman had been drowned. - Rewards, £14..
JUNE 2ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. A canoe had capsized west of Shoreham, but one of the two men aboard reached the shore, and the other could not be found. - Rewards, £6 9s. 6d..
AUGUST 23RD. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. The Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, reported a British aeroplane down on the sea, but nothing was found either by the life-boat or naval vessels. - Rewards, £12 7s..
The Southend-on-Sea life-boat has rescued , from a tug, which had gone ashore in a dense fog, the commodore of a convoy - and all the convoy's papers..
Category: Articles
One of Littleover and Michelover branch's most dedicated, and certainly quietest, fund raisers retired from active service recently.
George (r) is no dummy when it comes to collecting money, having raised over £40... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
LANCE-CORPORAL RAMBAHADUR, who this year was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in Sarawak, was in June taken for a trip in Eastbourne's IRB He was staying at Upper Dicker at the home of Major J. Gales, an officer in the loth...
Category: Awards
MARCH 27TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE.
At 9.10 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that a trawler was showing signals for medical aid. A light southerly wind was blowing with a rough sea. The motor lifeboat Frank and William...
Perranporth Lifeguard Deshko Matthews was on patrol on 6 April when he noticed a young surfer being dragged out past the breaking waves by a rip current.
The strong offshore wind started to blow the teenager out to sea....
Category: Articles