LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituary
As we go to press we regret to record the death of Major-General Sir COLERIDGE | GROVE, K.C.B., a member of the Committee of Management since 1916, who died on Monday, the 21st May, at eighty years of age. Sir Coleridge Grove had a long and...
Category: Obituaries
The Viscount Grey of Fallodon: A Correction
IN the obituary notice of the Viscount Grey of Fallodon, which appeared in the last issue of The Life-boat, it was stated that his last public appearance on behalf of the Institution was at the inaugural ceremony of the Boulmer motor...
Category: Obituaries
Coxswain John Boyle, of Arranmore
ONE of the most distinguished of Irish coxswains, John Boyle, of Arranmore, died on the 5th of September, 1949, at the age of 57. He served as an officer of the life-boat for 23 years, as bow- man from 1926 to 1928, and then as coxswain...
Category: Obituaries
New Ways of Raising Money
Regular customers at the "Rising Sun" in the City of London are expected to carry with them certain unusual coins which they are known to possess. If they fail to produce them fines are imposed, and in this way the landlord, Mr. F....
Category: Donations
Sarah Jane
TENBY, SOUTH "WALES. — The ketch Sarah Jane, of Bridgwater, was observed to be flying a signal of distress in Caldy Roads during a whole gale from the W.
at 2.30 P.M. on the 23rd January. The Life-boat Carolina...
Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum:
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum: forty-five sub-aqua diving pirates from Swindon took the plunge in style. They swam three and a half miles along the Thames, raising over £450 for the Institution.
The divers kept their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hoots Man: the Crew of Kirkcudbright Lifeboat
Hoots man: The crew of Kirkcudbright lifeboat Mary Pullman, on exercise with a helicopter from a nearby RAF Rescue Squadron, got the surprise of their lives when, after the usual drills, the winch came down once more, bearing a piper in full... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. Ernest Armstrong
BY the death of Mr. Ernest Armstrong, of Eastbourne, on the 3rd of June, 1952, at the age of 78, the Life-boat Service has lost one of its most devoted and energetic friends, and the committee of management a col- league whose help and...
Category: Obituaries
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 7th January, 1886.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting. Also read those of the Finance and Correspondence and Wreck and...
Category: Committee
Book Reviews
• Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, was a man of considerable vision who always pursued his ideas relentlessly, though some of his schemes were not realised until after his death. He_ proposed the formation of an international...
Category: Articles