LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
William F G Lord OBE BL
William F. G. Lord, QBE, BL, who was secretary and treasurer of Edinburgh branch from 1950 to 1964 and then secretary until 1976. Mr Lord became vice-chairman of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Lifeboat Council in 1966, a position he...
Category: Obituaries
The Codling Bank Lightvessel
TO LIGHTVESSEL Wicklow. At 6.45 p.m. on 2ist June, 1965, Irish Lights Office asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat would bring ashore a member of the crew of the Codling Bank lightvessel as his mother was seriously ill. This was...
In June a Spanish Life-Boat Delegation, Led By the Conde De Toreno, President of the Spanish Red Cross Society, Visited England. Here the Party Is Pictured at Life-Boat House, London, With (Left T
In June a Spanish life-boat delegation, led by the Conde de Toreno, president of the Spanish Red Cross Society, visited England. Here the party is pictured at Life-boat House, London, with (left to right) Captain Nigel Dixon, Secretary of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Little Tales and One Moral
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THERE was once afi actor-manager who set out to produce a drama which was ' to take the whole of London by storm. I Wherefore, regardless of expense, he ! secured a caste of the most eminent I actors and actresses in...
Category: Articles
Going quackers! the Frame Sub Aqua Club raised £700 at its duck race,
Going quackers! The Frame Sub Aqua Club raised £700 at its duck race, the proceeds of which will be split between the club and the RNLI. Each of the 700 ducks was sponsored at £1 a time and club member Mike Moore seems to be having... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Oliver
In the December 1965 issue an obituary notice appeared of the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., which was necessarily brief because of pressure on space. It would, indeed, be difficult to do justice to...
Category: Obituaries
The King and the Life-Boat Service
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 48 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to February 14th, 1935 - 63,938 The King and the Life-boat Service.
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Category: Articles
The Use of Oil to Reduce Breaking Seas
IN 1914 supplies of oil were issued to eight Stations with a view to finding out the best way of using it to reduce breaking seas, and in 1920, as a result of these experiments, all Stations were supplied with canvas bags, pierced with holes...
Category: Articles
The American Steamer S.S. Wakulla, of Los Angeles
AT 11.30 on the morning of the 28th August, 1919, during a strong southerly gale with a very heavy sea and thick rain, the Bembridge Life-boat was launched to the help of an American steamer, the s.s. Wakulla, of Los Angeles, which had...
Tribute to the Brave
Tribute to the brave The day of the annual presentation of awards at the Royal Festival Hall ends with an after-theatre supper at the Rubens Hotel for all the medallists and their families. Mrs Anne Wall has very generously made this...
Category: Articles