LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mr Frederick Brooks MBE, chairman of Hayling Island branch from 1970, later becoming president. In 1977 Mr Brooks became chairman of the station branch committee. He was awarded a RNLI statuette in 1981 and also the MBE for his services to...

I. By JOAN PATUICIA ROSE JEFFERIS (13), The Circus Church School, Portsmouth, Hants Why I should like to be a Life-boatman.

THERE are many noble callings in life in which workers have lit lamps of self-sacrifice,...

IT is a calamity, and a cause of deep re- gret, when a man engaged in, and pecu- liarly fitted for, the development and con- solidation of a national work is torn from his labours by death, while still much of his undertaking remains to be...

Contents Volume XLIX Number 494 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL Director and Secretary: REAR ADMIRAL W J GRAHAM CB MNI Editor: EDWARD WAKE-WALKER Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ...

. . Bound in boards cut from the oak knees used for the stems of lifeboats,. - View image in PDF

Medical student and RNLI Crew Member Stuart Braithwaite took to the Alaska skies with the US Coast Guard last year – training and undertaking medical research

Stuart (31) is Second Mechanic at...

Lifeboatmen pick a winner The 81st RNLI lifeboat lottery was drawn by lifeboat crew members on 30 April at the RNLI depot in Poole. The draw raised over €197,000 and first name out of the drum was Mr C Chestnutt from Worcestershire, who won...

The ladies oj Kirkburton guild. West Yorkshire, together with many friends, volunteered to be extras in a training film made recently for the National Biscuit Company at Hillards stores.

After a very entertaining afternoon,... - View image in PDF