LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Hilda Ford,
AUGUST 1993 Mrs Hilda Ford, a founder member of Margate ladies' guild in 1957 and honorary secretary for many years. She was made an honorary life governor in 1975 having previously been awarded a Gold badge in 1961..
Category: Obituaries
Lifeboats Will Always Launch
Lifeboats will always launch, whatever the weather, but one way of reducing the calls on the service is to identify the reasons for distress calls and to work towards preventing those circumstances from occurring in the first place. This is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Captain W.J. Law,
JUNE 1995 Captain W.J. Law, president of Stanmore branch. He joined the branch in 1978 and for 16 years was the flag week organiser, receiving a Silver badge in 1989. Captain Law was appointed president of the branch in 1994..
Category: Obituaries
Index to Advertisers
Index to Advertisers Page Aegis Insurances Service (Group) Ltd Inside Front Cover Birds Eye Foods Ltd Back Cover Chemring PLC Inside Front Cover Mercantile Credit Inside Back Cover RNLI Kensington Inside Back Cover Morris Shefras and Sons...
Category: Index
The Duke With Coxswain Alfred Sinclair
The Duke with Coxswain Alfred Sinclair and the crew ofStromness lifeboat. Captain John Allan, honorary secretary of the station branch, is on the left with (I to r) Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, director of the Institution, Motor Mechanic... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above: the Mexico
Above: the Mexico some days after the disaster when her gear and cargo were being removed. She was eventually salvaged and displayed off Lytham for two years before being re-rigged and sold. She continued to trade until 1900 when, renamed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr George Wyeth
Mr George Wyeth, honorary treasurer of Bognor Regis Branch from 1968 until the early I980's. He joined the branch committee before the second world war and was awarded a silver badge in 1976..
Category: Obituaries
An Eerie Sensation With Canvas Screens Over All Her Wheelhouse Windows the Princess Hoyal
An eerie sensation. With canvas screens over all her wheelhouse windows The Princess Hoyal makes her way out to sea from Poole Harbour for blind pilotage exercises. Every aid to navigation is brought into use in the drill.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Betty Hendry
JUNE 1990 Mrs Betty Hendry, founder member and first honorary secretary of the Edgbaston and Harborne Ladies' guild, holding office as chairman 1976/77 and president 1978/79. Mrs Hendry was awarded a silver badge in 1978..
Category: Obituaries
Three Generations of the Cannon Family Aboard the Ramsgate Lifeboat
Three generations of the Cannon family aboard the Ramsgate lifeboat. The youngest, Ian (right) joined the crew on his 17th birthday, while father Roy (centre) has been coxswain for 18 years, and grandfather Bob (left) was previously the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs