MAY 13TH. - GALWAY BAY, AND FENIT, CO. KERRY. Three men, who had left Kilronan in a canoe, had been reported missing, but they reached land in County Clare.
- Rewards : Galway Bay, £13 16s. ; Fenit, £13...
Awards To Coxswains, Crews and Shore Helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's...
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AUGUST 8TH. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.
A number of soldiers had gone out ina boat and could not make any headway against tide and sea, but they were picked up by a steamer. - Rewards, £5 14s..
OCTOBER 10TH. - ARRANMORE,. CO DONEGAL. A Norwegian cargo ship had been torpedoed and some survivors had landed in a boat. Search was made for other survivors, in another boat, but without success and it was found later that they had landed...
FEBRUARY 6TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane’s crew had been reported seen on a float, but they proved to be twelve men in a ship’s boat who were landed by a motor boat from Port Isaac.- Rewards, £8 10s. (See Port...
Wells, Norfolk.—30th July, 1938. A boy was adrift in a small rubber boat, but he was picked up by a fishing boat.
—Rewards, £11 10s. lOd..
NOVEMBER 1992 Captain J.F. Kersley, station honorary secretary of Queensferry lifeboat from 1967 to 1992. He was awarded a Gold badge in 1988..
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NOVEMBER 1989: Mr Bill Shanks, founder member of Silloth branch in 1960 and souvenir secretary from 1969 to 1985. He was awarded a silver badge in 1984..
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George Hackett, chairman of Oldbury branch since it was formed in 1968. He was awarded a framed letter of thanks in 1976 and a silver badge in 1989..
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OCTOBER 1990 Captain Reg Goodman HEM, president of Penlee branch from 1978. He was chairman from 1957 to 1973 and vice chairman until 1975. Captain Goodman was awarded a Silver Badge in 1972..
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