LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Days In 1949
IN 1949 the Institution held 905 flag days. The number of people who gave was 6,500,000, and the sum given was £83,549.
That was forty-six more days than in 1948, but the number who gave fell by nearly 654,000 and...
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Off to Pacific
Last year the former coxswain ol the Plymouth life-boat, Mr. Peter White, left England with his family to take up a government appointment in the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean. His place has been taken by Mr. John Dare, the second...
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Ernest Pavey
Ernest Pavey, who worked for the RNLI for 42 years, first as a travelling mechanic and machinery overseer in the North West, and finally as a machinery examiner at the Boreham Wood depot, was one of the recipients of Maundy Money at the... - View image in PDF
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When Chipstead (Kent) Sailing Club Held Its Regatta on July 18
When Chipstead (Kent) Sailing Club held its regatta on July 18 the entrance fees for two races were donated to the RNLI. With the profit from a souvenir stall, £79.86 was raised for Sevenoaks and District branch by the end of the... - View image in PDF
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Yarmouth Isle of Wight:
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight: When the 52ft Arun lifeboat Joy and John Wade took Christmas fare to the keepers of The Needles Lighthouse last December, The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of London, Dame Mary Donaldson, was one of those on... - View image in PDF
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Appledore
APPLEDORE, DEVON On the 18th October, 1944, the Appledore life-boat rescued the crew of seven of the concrete harbour unit Phoenix 194.
COXSWAIN SYDNEY CANN was awarded the bronze medal..
Category: Medals
Ramsey
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN On the 20th November, 1941, the Ramsey life-boat rescued the crew of thirteen of the steam trawler Strathairlie, of Aberdeen.
COXSWAIN JOHN COMISH was awarded the bronze medal..
Category: Medals
Newbiggin
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND On the 4th February, 1940, the Newbiggin life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the motor vessel Eminent, of Antwerp.
SECOND COXSWAIN GEORGE R. TAYLOR, acting as coxswain, was awarded the silver...
Category: Medals
With courage, nothing is impossible
Thank you for your excellent response to our request for your help in selecting the words to include on the RNLI memorial sculpture. Many of you favoured one of the five published quotations, though we also received a good selection of new...
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Ida
At daybreak on the 27th of February, a vessel of Dundalk, which proved to be the brigantiue Ida, was observed ashore near Black Rock — near the entrance of the harbour of Dun- dalk. A gale was blowing from the E., and a considerable sea was...