LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Maggie Melbourne,
Mrs Maggie Melbourne, Vice chairman and founder member of the Burton St Modwen branch. Maggie first became a member of the branch in the 1960s and continued to serve the committee with great dedication until her death..
Category: Obituaries
Mrs Grace Agate
Mrs Grace Agate, president of Aldeburgh Ladies' guild from 1965 until her death. In 1966 she was elected chairman but had to retire from this post in 1987 due to ill health. Mrs Agate was awarded a silver badge in 1977 and a gold badge...
Category: Obituaries
Mrs K. Bryant Mbe,
FEBRUARY 1994 Mrs K. Bryant MBE, a committee member of Torquay branch from 1930 until she becamechairman in 1946. She continued as chairman until 1974 when she became president until her death. She was awarded a Gold badge in 1985..
Category: Obituaries
John Richards
John Richards, chairman of Cowbridge branch. He joined the branch in 1976 and was its chairman from 1979 until his death. Mr Richards was awarded a Silver badge in 1990 and was also treasurer of the Horton & Port Eynon lifeboat station...
Category: Obituaries
Mrs Joan Jenkins,
DECEMBER 1991 Mrs Joan Jenkins, honorary secretary of Truro branch since 1972. Mrs Jenkins joined the committee in 1971 and from 1972 until her death served as joint honorary secretary with her husband. She was also souvenir secretary and...
Category: Obituaries
Yacht Aquila
Margate, Kent - At 4.27 p.m. on 7th December, 1969, it was learnt that the 50 ft. ketch yacht Aquila, on passage from Newhaven to London with a crew of four, had fired red flares. She had ripped her mainsail in a sudden squall and had...
List of Special Gifts to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution for the Purchase of the Following Life-Boats
1856. Hornsea, Yorkshire.
1858. Skerries, Co. Dublin 1861. Aberystwith. . .
1857 Walmer 1857. Seaton Carew 1858. Fraserburgh . . .
1858. Carnsore, Co. Wexford 1859. Exmoath 1859. Lizard ....
Category: Donations
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WORTHING.—The Life-boat at this j station has recently been replaced by a new and rather larger self-righting boat of the latest type, 35 feet long, 8i feet : wide, and rowing 10 oars double banked ; she has one drop keel and two water...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 1st January, 1880: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspond- ence, and Wreck...
Category: Committee
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