LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A determined Kathleen Miller (below) raised £1,300 for Middleton branch when she climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in February. After a briefing and a practice ladder climb, Kathleen embarked on the two hour climb and found it... - View image in PDF

Joan Winifred Marjorie Hill, president of the Peel ladies' lifeboat guild. Joan joined the Peel ladies' lifeboat guild in 1955 as treasurer and served until 1982.

During her period of service she was also chairman...

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In a little over five years George Treadway (1), landlord of the Victoria, Shrivenham, collected nearly £2,000 for Faringdon branch, largely through collecting boxes on either end of his single bar—and through his own infectious... - View image in PDF

Childhood friends John Crabb and Verity Pope, both aged 17, have recently joined the crew at Looe inshore lifeboat station, in Cornwall.

They are both continuing family traditions: John's elder brother Ben is a crew... - View image in PDF

Number of lives rescued by life-boats, in addition to 33 vessels saved by them 871 Number of lives saved by shore-boats, &c 860 Amount of pecuniary rewards for saving life during the year ... .. 2,705 0 8 Honorary rewards:...

Mr S J Atkinson-Carter, Bishops Waltham branch press officer from 1980 to 1985. He was vice chairman from 1981 to 1985 and 1992 to 1996, chairman from 1985 to 1987 and 1988 to 1992 and box secretary and speaker from 1992 until his death. He...

Willy de Roos' yacht Williwawa Faraday Base, Antarctica in 1983. During her passage, she was tested to the limit, breaking through solid ice up to 18 inches thick, passing a Japanese boat that had been frozen in the previous season.... - View image in PDF