Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 27th of September, 1952, the honorary secretary saw a motor boat in difficulties off the har- bour and kept her under observation.
She drifted slowly towards the rocks...
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 5.30 on the evening of the 20th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that a man had fallen over the cliff at Monkstone beach, and that a doctor who was attending him had asked for the...
Dungeness, Kent. At 9.20 on the morning of the 19th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing dinghy was in diffi- culties two miles east of Dungeness Point. The life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched at...
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 8.50 on the evening of the 25th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the fishing boat White Heather was aground three hundred yards south of St. Ives pier and that her crew of four were trying to...
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 8.35 p.m. on nth August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor launch Kaseen had steering trouble and required assistance in a position four miles east of St....
FEBRUARY 1989: Mervyn McAvoy, honorary secretary at Caister lifeboat station from 1952 until its closure in 1969. He was assistant secretary from 1949 and was awarded a silver badge in 1971..
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Wick's Tyne class lifeboat Norman Sali'esini launched at 0045 on 1 September to the casualty Fridor, a sailing yacht from Ohio, which was on passage from the Shetland Islands.. - View image in PDF
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Jimmy Benney has been head launcher at St Ives for 13 years. Before that, for 17 years, he was a member of the lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF
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HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother presents the certificate of honorary life governorship to Carl Giles at the presentation of awards meeting on May 15.. - View image in PDF
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Left - Dunbar lifeboat crew return to the formerly flooded stables at West Barns to welcome the horses back home with a big bag of carrots.. - View image in PDF
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