LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Geoff Mears Second Coxswain of Exmouth Lifeboat and Bill Parkhouse Area Manager of Watney's Push Over a Column of Two Pence Pieces at the Exeter Inn Topsha
Geoff Mears, second coxswain of Exmouth lifeboat, and Bill Parkhouse, area manager of Watney's, push over a column of two pence pieces at the Exeter Inn, Topsham.
Worth £515.96l/2 (£463.56 around the column in... - View image in PDF
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 1st Sept., 1864. Capt. Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Keward...
Category: Committee
The Busiest Winter for Twenty Years. Medals Won By English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh Life-Boatmen
Medals Won by English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh Life-boatmen.
THE winter of 1935-6 will be remem- bered for the frequency and severity of its gales, for the heavy loss of life and shipping which they caused at sea, and...
Category: Medals
Bottom Right: Fred Walkington on Duty
Bottom Right: Fred Walkington On Duty. - View image in PDF
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One man's courage A young man swept into the sea and crushed against rocks would surely have died were it not for the brave actions of lifeboatman Fergal Walsh. With no regard for the risk to himself he plunged into the sea to save the...
An Aeroplane (26)
JULY 30TH. - ABERDEEN. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage and oil were found. - Rewards, £5 17s..
An Aeroplane (6)
FEBRUARY 11TH. - PORT PATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 11s..
An Aeroplane (162)
OCTOBER 24TH. - PORTHDINLLAES, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the crew were rescued by an Air Sea Rescue launch, which also towed the aeroplane to port. - Rewards, £11 8s..
The Dutch Oil Tanker Georgia (1)
AT 8.30, in the evening of 21st November, 1927, the Motor Life-boat at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston was launched in response to a wireless message received from s.s. Trent that help was urgently required to save the lives of the crew of the...
Kidderminster Ladies' Guild Has Held a Nearly New Sale for the Last Seven Years and This Year's Shop Open for Two Weeks Brought In £1650; the Guild Officers and Five
Kidderminster ladies' guild has held a nearly new sale for the last seven years, and this year's shop, open for two weeks, brought in £1,650; the guild officers and five members of the committee are seen on... - View image in PDF
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