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Peter Gilson

Date: Winter 1989

Volume: 51

Issue: 507

Peter Gilson, deputy launching authority at Southend-on-Sea from 1986 until his death. He joined Southend lifeboat crew in 1947, and was bowman from 1953 to 1954 and second coxswain for one year in 1955 before being appointed coxswain in...

Category: Obituaries

Charles Hillier

Date: Winter 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 519

NOVEMBER 1991 Charles Hillier, president of Swanage station branch from 1987 until his death.

He was chairman from 1965 to 1987 and was presented with a framed Letter of Thanks in 1978..

Category: Obituaries

Mrs Mavis Spears,

Date: Autumn 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 538

Mrs Mavis Spears, Islay station honorary secretary from 1992 until her death.

Mrs Spears was honorary secretary of Isle of Islay ladies lifeboat guild from 1971 and was appointed station honorary secretary following her...

Category: Obituaries

Captain Tom Winstanley,

Date: Spring 1994

Volume: 53

Issue: 528

JUNE 1993 Captain Tom Winstanley, a founder member of Saltash branch in 1973 and box secretary until his death. He was chairman from 1980 to 1991 and president until 1993, was awarded a statuette in 1980 and a Silver badge in 1990..

Category: Obituaries

Eliza Jane

Date: November 1906

Volume: 19

Issue: 222

Shortly after 11 A.M. on Sunday morning the 4th March, a message was sent to the Cox- swain of the Life-boat that a vessel was ashore between the " East Mouse " and the mainland. Steps were at once taken to launch the Life-boat...

Eliza Jane

Date: February 1914

Volume: 22

Issue: 251

At about 10.30 P.M. on the 2nd June a flare was seen about half a mile off Broadhaven Sands, and as the signal was continued the Life-boat William Roberts was launched. She found the ketch Eliza Jane, of Beaumaris, bound to Swansea in...

The Decoration of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution

Date: May 1909

Volume: 20

Issue: 232

LIST [OF PERSONS on whom the Committee of Management have conferred (prior to 31st December, 1908) the Decoration of the Institution for conspicuous and special services in the Life-boat cause other than actual personal life-saving.

Category: Awards

Mr. Wright Griggs, of Hythe

Date: December 1931

Volume: 28

Issue: 308

Mr. Wright Griggs, of Hythe, Kent, who died on 18th September last, at the age of sixty-nine, was a member of a family whose name is very familiar in the history of the Hythe Life-boat Station. He went to sea as a boy, and then as a young...

Category: Obituaries

News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1936

Date: October 1936

Volume: 30

Issue: 327

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

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Date: Spring 2001

Volume: 58

Issue: 556

Quick action saves life of fellow lifeboatman lost overboard It is particularly difficult for a lifeboat crew to go to the rescue of somebody that they know. It makes it even harder when the casualty is a fellow lifeboatman. The crew of...