LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
In London for Their Awards
Second-Coxswain Robert C. Brown, of Swanage, Acting-Coxswain H. E. Pow, of Appledore, Motor-Mechanic C. T. Hornabrook, of Appledore. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
Fifty Medals for Gallantry (14)
On the 16th December, 1939, the Torbay life-boat rescued the crew of seven of the motor schooner Henrietta, of Truro.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM H. H. MOGRIDGE was awarded a clasp to his silver medal.
SECOND...
Category: Articles
Fifty Medals for Gallantry (1)
On the 17th-18th June, 1939, the Cloughey life-boat rescued a salvage party of eleven men from the S.S. Arantzazu-Mendi, of Bilbao.
COXSWAIN ROBERT YOUNG was awarded the silver medal.
MOTOR MECHANIC...
Category: Articles
The Royal Bank of Scotland
In an Raises money every time you spend* emergency No annual fee our volunteers Interest - free period of up to 56 days rely on this Up to £100 cash back on transferred balances from other credit and store cards** piece of...
Category: Advertisement
A cheque for £17,000 was presented to the director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham
A cheque for £17,000 was presented to the director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, on behalf of the Association of British Laundry, Cleaning and Rental Services. The association is celebrating its centenary and in order to mark the event an... - View image in PDF
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JUNE 12TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK.
Rockets had been seen, but later were found to have been fired by boys, who had stolen them. - Rewards, £11 13s..
Parliamentary Questions and Answers
MR. L. W. B. TEELING, M.P. for Brighton, asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the coming closing down of the Royal Naval Air Station at Ford, and of the Royal Air Force Station, Tangmere, ceasing to be operational, he would discuss...
Category: Articles
Medical Aspects of the Life-Boat Service
ESTABLISHED by Sir William Hillary in 1824 when the seas around the British Isles were crowded with small sailing vessels, fishing and carrying cargoes, the R.N.L.I. was primarily concerned with saving lives from shipwreck. One of the...
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The Finnish Four-Masted Barque Herzogin Cecilie
Sal combe, Devon. — Early on the morning of the 25th April the Finnish four-masted barque Herzogin Cecilie, of Mariehamn, bound from Australia to Falmouth and Ipswich with a cargo of grain, ran ashore in a thick fog between Sewer Mill Cove...
No Need for Further Insurance
A FOREIGNER asked to contribute on London life-boat day waved the collector aside saying, "No thank you, I have alreadv been saved.".
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