LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: AUGUST 1993 Dermot Walsh, coxswain of Valentia lifeboat from 1969 to 1982. He joined the crew in 1949 and served as second coxswain from 1964 until his appointment as...
Category: Obituaries
Hyannis to Rockland from Page 233
Hyannis to Rockland from page 233 were asked regarding the operation of a voluntary lifeboat service outside Government control. The predominantly shore based role of HM Coastguard was a fact which many of the audience found hard to...
Category: Articles
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 2. Mr. W. J. Oliver, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Sunderland Branch
MR. W. J. OLIVER is not only one of the most devoted and indefatigable of the Honorary Secretaries who carry out the difficult and responsible task of administering the Station Branches, but he is himself a practical Life-boat man. His skill...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
The Life-Boat Saturday Fund
THE Life-boat Saturday "season," DOW drawing to a close, has this year been an unusually successful one. The reports which we have received from all parts of the TJnited Kingdom clearly indicate that the movement has justified its...
Category: Articles
Fundraising
Winning fundraising friendsHarmony in Exeter An excellent way for branches and guilds to raise money within their community is to ask groups, clubs, businesses and individuals to do a fundraising event for their branch or guild.
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Porthcawl to Fishguard
It would have been easy to prolong our stay at St Donat's Castle and learn more of the work of the world famous United World College of the Atlantic and its multinational student population, but time and the seasons are moving on and, if...
Category: Articles
The Town of Ipswich Lifeboat
THE town of Ipswich has come forward in a novel and spirited manner in support of the life-boat cause. Although not actually on the coast, it has occurred to benevolent gentlemen resident at Ipswich, that inland towns might especially be...
Category: Articles
The Record of 1940.
During 1940 the Institution's life-boats were launched r,o8t times. That is 396 more launches than ever before in one year.
They rescued 2.056 lives. That is 858 more lives rescued than ever before in one year.
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen. Certificates of Service and Pensions
On the closing of the St. Andrews life-boat station the following awards have been made: DAVID FENTON, 8 years coxswain, 9f years bowman and 22J vears a member of the crew, the COXSYVAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE and a...
Category: Awards