LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

RAMSGATE AND BROADSTAIRS.—Signal guns having been fired by the Gull and North Sand Head light-vessels on the 14th January, the Life-boats Bradford, of Ramsgate, and Christopher Waud, Bradford, of Broadstairs, left their stations at 7.45 P.M....

.JANUARY 1ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. An explosion had been heard, but nothing could be found . - Rewards, £14 16s. 6d.

November 1996 Colonel Kenneth L. C. Wright MBE TD, former chairman of the Portishead branch. Ken joined the branch in March 1976, serving as chairman until October 1976 but remained an active member of the committee until his death. He was...

Basil Hutchinson Former organising secretary midlands, who retired in 1982, on 16 January.

JULY 23RD. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. An aeroplane had been seen flying low near The Needles and then an explosion had been heard, but the aeroplane had crashed on land. - Rewards, £5 4s. 6d.

Mr. Benjamin James Kirkham, of New Brighton, who died on 9th January, at the age of seventy-four, was one of the oldest and most valued of the Institution's honorary workers.

He had been associated with it for some...

MONTROSE.—On the 3rd May, the Lifeboat Augusta was again launched to the assistance of fishing boats which were in danger. Two French fishing boats and eight other boats were seen in the offing while a strong gale from the E.N.E. was blowing...

Sitting from left to right are: Sir Ernest Glover, Bt. (President of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom), Lord Waldegrave, Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution, and Mr. Joseph Conrad. - View image in PDF