Mr K M Aldridge, MBE honorary secretary at Weymouth lifeboat station from 1951 to 1975. He was honorary treasurer from 1940 to 1951..
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Miss Moira Barrie, honorary secretary of Broadway Ladies' Guild since 1977 and awarded a silver badge in 1987. Miss Barrie, together with her sister Sheila, donated the D class lifeboat stationed at Tenby..
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The two sets of brothers and sisters who are crew members at Lough Swilly. From left to right: Peter Barnett, Maria-Claire and Dawn Stevenson and Mark Barnett.. - View image in PDF
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DEC. 22ND. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. At about 4 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the Seven Stones and in need of immediate help. A moderate E.N.E breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Cunard was...
In April Broadstairs branch and shoreline club launched their part of the national pin badge appeal at Morelli's coffee lounge in Broadstairs.. - View image in PDF
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The Mercedes-Benz drawbar complete with trailer, at Poole's depot quay, dwarfs the Trent class lifeboat in the background with its exceptional span.. - View image in PDF
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ROSSLARE HARBOUR, WEXFORD.—The schooner Yarra Yarra, of Skerries, bound from Newport to Wexford with a cargo of coal, was driven ashore near the Rosslare Lighthouse in a strong E.S.E. gale and very rough sea, on the night of the 7th March....
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 2.24 in the morning of the 10th of April, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the East Goodwin Lightvessel had reported a boat drifting to the north-east, and at •2.40 the motor life-boat Prudential was launched in a...
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 4.30 in the morning of the 7th of August, 1948, the South Gare coastguard telephoned that a red flare could be seen to the north-west of North Gare breakwater and at 5.15 the motor life-boat J....
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 11.53 on the morning of the 13th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with three people on board was being carried across Kilbrannon Sound. At 12.8 the life-boat City...