LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Rawcliffe of Fleetwood
COXSWAIX HERBERT RAWCLIFFE, who was appointed coxswain of the Fleet- wood life-boat on the 1st of January.
1954. lost his life in February in an accident at sea in the course of his duties as a Trinity House pilot.
Category: Obituaries
Posing for the Camera Are the 45 New Members of Storm Force
Posing for the camera are the 45 new members of Storm Force, all pupils at St Patrick's Primary School, Troon, Scotland. They are pictured with the coxswain of the local lifeboat, Ian Johnson (back row, left), the second coxswain Tom... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
List of the Rewards Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, From the 1st January to the 31st December, 1860
FROM THE 1st JANUARY TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1860.
Jan. 5, 1860.—Voted the thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, and II. to SAMUEL DUNN, in acknowledgment of his intrepid and prompt services in rescuing, at...
Category: Articles
Round the Houses
Frank Kilroy, honorary secretary of Lytham St Annes lifeboat station, goes Round the houses with Sir Charles Macara, who instigated Lifeboat Saturdays in 1891 One hundred years ago this year an event was held which changed the face of...
Category: Articles
Auffredy, of Sunderland
HARTLEPOOL.—At 10 o'clock on the night of the 1st October, the No. 1 Lifeboat, Charles Mather, gallantly rescued, in a heavy surf, 3 men, being part of the crew of the barque Auffredy, of Sunderland, which had driven ashore 3i miles...
The Duke of Kent President the Duke of Atholl Chairman and Rear Admiral W J Graham
The Duke of Kent, president, the Duke of Atholl, chairman and Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, director of the RNLI. Beyond them, the Lady Mayoress and Lord Mayor of Westminster and RNLI vice-chairman, Mr Michael Vernon.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
News from the Branches
DOUGLAS (!SLE OF MAN).-—Life-boat Sunday was held on 5th August, on Douglas Head, and a record congrega- tion assembled. The prayers were said by the Rev. A. C. McNeal, the vicar of St. Ninian's. The lesson was read by Colonel Madoc,...
Category: Branches
Mrs. Maggie Manson, of Stenness, Orkney, Surrounded By Some of Her Needlework In Aid of the Life-Boat Service
Mrs Maggie Manson of Stcnness Orkney Surrounded By Some of Her Needlework In Aid of the Life-Boat Service. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Trust On, of Peterhead
JANUARY 31ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.30 in the evening, the coastguard reported a boat showing distress signals a mile and a half north of Peterhead, and the motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Coxswain Kevin Kirkpatrick And Locum GP Christine Bradshaw Relive The Dramatic Rescue They Performed In The 15m Waves Of The Pentland Firth
Coxswain Kevin Kirkpatrick and locum Gp Christine bradshaw relive the dramatic rescue they performed in the 15m waves of the pentland firth Photos: Courtesy of Longbow Productions. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs